Civic Orchestra of Chicago Episode 3: Saint-Georges, Clarke, & Hensel (on-demand until 5/15/2021)
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Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel — String Quartet in E-flat major
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges — String Quartet No. 5 in G minor, Op. 1
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges – String Quartet No. 5 in G minor, Op. 1
Rebecca Clarke – Poem for String Quartet
Fanny Mendelssohn – String Quartet in E-flat major
In Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center, members of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago perform a program of fascinating works by three composers whose musical genius was undervalued during their lifetimes. The fifth string quartet by Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges and the first known classical composer of African ancestry, was first published as part of a set of six in 1773. Rebecca Clarke was a leading soloist and chamber musician in the 1910s and ‘20s, yet her Poem for String Quartet was left unpublished until 2004. Of the 400 works composed by Fanny Hensel (née Mendelssohn), her passionate string quartet had no record of performance until after her death.
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