Cal Performances presents: Dover Quartet

Franz Joseph Haydn — String Quartet Op. 76 No. 3 "Kaiser"
Amy Beach — Quartet for Strings, Op. 89
Felix Mendelssohn — String Quartet No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 44, No. 3

After its stunning online performance in the 2020–21 season, the increasingly in-demand Dover Quartet visits for its in-person Cal Performances debut. Reviews for that presentation were effusive – “extraordinary… across the program’s varied repertoire, this cohesive and eloquent quartet found depth, color, lucidity, power, and grace in everything they played” (San Francisco Classical Voice) – and the program this time is equally exciting. Haydn’s elegant Emperor Quartet and Mendelssohn’s masterful third quartet from his Op. 44 set bookend Amy Beach’s 1929 quartet, a lean, lyrical work built on Alaskan Inuit melodies.

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About Dover Quartet

Named one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years by BBC Music Magazine, the GRAMMY® nominated Dover Quartet has followed a “practically meteoric” (Strings) trajectory to become one of the most in-demand chamber ensembles in the world. In addition to its faculty role as the Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence at the Curtis Institute of Music, the Dover Quartet holds residencies with the Kennedy Center, Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University, Artosphere, and the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival. The group’s awards include a stunning sweep of all prizes at the 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition, grand and first prizes at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, and prizes at the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition. Its prestigious honors include the Avery Fisher Career Grant, Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award, and Lincoln Center’s Hunt Family Award.

Joel Link, violin |
Bryan Lee, violin |
Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola |
Camden Shaw, cello

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