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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2016 AT 3 PM

Jason Vieaux, guitar; Escher String Quartet

ESCHER STRING QUARTET

“The Escher players seemed to make time stand still, effortlessly distilling the essence of this introspective music with expressive warmth and a natural confiding intimacy.” — Chicago Classical Review

JASON VIEAUX, GUITAR

“…perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation.” – NPR

FEATURING

ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE

Our gala opener on September 25 will have you dancing in the aisles. Grammy Award-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux will collaborate with the stellar Escher String Quartet in an exuberant international mix. The afternoon will journey from Hugo Wolf’s buoyant Italian Serenade to Luigi Boccherini’s sizzling Fandango, reaching a toe-tapping climax with Alan Jay Kernis’s irrepressible 100 Greatest Dance Hits for Guitar and String Quartet.

PROGRAM

Hugo Wolf

Italian Serenade for string quartet

Program Notes

Antonio Vivaldi

Guitar Concerto in D, RV 93

Program Notes

Luigi Boccherini

Quintet in D for guitar and string

Program Notes

Johann Sebastian Bach

Suite in E minor, BWV 996 for solo guitar

Program Notes

Francisco Tárrega

Capricho árabe for solo guitar

Program Notes

Alan Jay Kernis

100 Great Dance Hits for guitar and string quartet

Program Notes
Jason Vieaux performs Albéniz’s Sevilla:

 
The Escher String Quartet performs Schubert’s ‘Death and the Maiden’ Quartet, Mvts 1 & 2:
 

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