Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Musicians from Marlboro I
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (EST)
Online event
Free
- Maria Ioudenitch, violin
- Claire Bourg, violin
- Beth Guterman Chu, viola
- Hayang Park, viola
- Christoph Richter, cello
Franz Joseph Haydn
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String Quartet in G major, Op. 77, No. 1, Hob. III:81
George Benjamin — Viola Viola
George Walker — Lyric for Strings
Felix Mendelssohn — String Quartet No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 44, No. 3
George Benjamin — Viola Viola
George Walker — Lyric for Strings
Felix Mendelssohn — String Quartet No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 44, No. 3
The Musicians from Marlboro touring program offers "exactly the type of concert that the classical scene needs more of" (Boston Musical Intelligencer). The first touring ensemble this season from classical music's "life-giving spring" (The New York Times) presents Viola, Viola by 2022 Marlboro Composer-in-Residence George Benjamin alongside Felix Mendelssohn's exuberant E-flat major Quartet and Lyric for Strings by George Walker, the first Black composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.
This performance will be presented in-person at Benjamin Franklin Hall, and online via free livestream at https://www.pcmsconcerts.org/concerts/livestreams/.