Aizuri Quartet – Past Concerts

Reena Esmail — Ragamala ("I. Fantasie (Bihag)")
Felix Mendelssohn — Four Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81 (No. 3: Capriccio)
Shulamit Ran — Lyre of Orpheus
Richard Strauss — Sextett (Prelude) from Capriccio, Op. 85
Clara Schumann — 6 Lieder, Op. 13
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel — String Quartet in E-flat major

Reena Esmail — Ragamala ("I. Fantasie (Bihag)")
Felix Mendelssohn — Four Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81 (No. 3: Capriccio)
Shulamit Ran — Lyre of Orpheus
Richard Strauss — Sextett (Prelude) from Capriccio, Op. 85
Clara Schumann — 6 Lieder, Op. 13
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel — String Quartet in E-flat major

Join us for an evening with the Grammy-nominated Aizuri Quartet, the winners of the 2022–23 and 2023–24 season of the Chamber Music America…

Robert Schumann — Drei Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Louis Cahuzac — Cantilène
Carl Nielsen — Fantasy Piece in G minor for Clarinet and Piano (Fantasistykke), CNW 66
Sheridan Seyfried — Forest and Sky (world premiere)
Johannes Brahms — Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 120, No. 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581

Michael Gordon — Selected works (NY premiere TBA)
Gabriella Smith — Selected works (NY premiere TBA)
Terry Riley — Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector (version for 50 musicians)

Clara Schumann — Ich stand in dunklen Träumen, Op. 13, No. 1
Béla Bartók — String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91, BB 95
Jennifer Higdon — String Quartet (world premiere)

Program includes works by Hildegard von Bingen, Béla Bartók, Tanya Tagaq, Franz Joseph Haydn, Cécile Chaminade, Traditional, Komitas, and Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté.

Program includes works by Komitas, Béla Bartók, Rhiannon Giddens, Ludwig van Beethoven, Cécile Chaminade, Eleanor Alberga, Paul Wiancko, and Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté.

Clara Schumann — Ich stand in dunklen Träumen, Op. 13, No. 1 (arr. Karen Ouzounian)
Béla Bartók — String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91, BB 95
Tanya Tagaq — Sivunittinni
Franz Joseph Haydn — String Quartet No. 63 in B-flat major, Op. 76, No. 4 "Sonnenaufgang" ("Sunrise")

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 10
Amy Beach — Theme and Variations for Flute and String Quartet, Op. 80
David Serkin Ludwig — Organistra (world premiere / PCMS commission)
Lembit Beecher — Song in Mistranslation

Barbara Strozzi, arr. Alex Fortes – L'usignuolo (“The Nightingale”)
Barbara Strozzi, arr. Alex Fortes – L’amante modesto (“The Modest Lover”)
Eleanor Alberga – String Quartet No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127

Barbara Strozzi, arr. Alex Fortes – L'usignuolo (“The Nightingale”)
Barbara Strozzi, arr. Alex Fortes – L’amante modesto (“The Modest Lover”)
Eleanor Alberga – "II. Espressivo with Wonder and Yearning" from String Quartet No. 1

Hildegard von Bingen, arr. Alex Fortes – Columba aspexit
Gabriella Smith – Carrot Revolution
Rhiannon Giddens – At the Purchaser’s Option
Filmed at the studio of sculptor Joel Shapiro.

Antonín Dvořák – Selections from Cypresses, B. 152
Eleanor Alberga – String Quartet No. 1
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"

Antonín Dvořák – Selections from Cypresses, B. 152
Lembit Beecher – These Memories May Be True
Rhiannon Giddens – At the Purchaser’s Option
Jean Sibelius – Voces intimae, Op. 56
Komitas – Selections from Armenian Folk Songs

Antonín Dvořák – Selections from Cypresses, B. 152
Lembit Beecher – These Memories May Be True
Rhiannon Giddens – At the Purchaser’s Option
Jean Sibelius – Voces intimae, Op. 56
Komitas – Selections from Armenian Folk Songs

Antonín Dvořák – Selections from Cypresses, B. 152 Lembit Beecher – These Memories May Be True Rhiannon Giddens – At the Purchaser’s Option Jean Sibelius – Voces intimae, Op. 56 Komitas – Selections from Armenian Folk Songs