STRING

QUARTE T SERIES at St. Francis Auditorium

New Mexico Museum of Art

SONGS OF LOVE AND DEATH

Brooklyn Rider with mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 19 | 3 PM

Brooklyn Rider and legendary Swedish mezzo-soprano

Anne Sofie von Otter explore the intimate intersection of the human voice and the string quartet through the unexpected pairing of two great songwriters—Franz Schubert and Rufus Wainwright.

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT (arr. Colin Jacobsen) Trois Valses Anglaises

SCHUBERT Quartet “Death and the Maiden”

SCHUBERT Songs from Winterreise (arr. Osvaldo Golijov)

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT (arr. Colin Jacobsen) Songs for Lulu

“They are four classical musicians performing with the energy of young rock stars jamming on their guitars, a Beethoven-goes-indie foray into making classical music accessible but also celebrating why it was good in the first place.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

J.S. BACH’S LEGACY Diderot Quartet

SUNDAY JANUARY 14 | 3 PM

J.S. Bach’s legacy permeates this concert, both subtly and overtly, across continents and centuries.

CAROLINE SHAW Punctum

BACH Selections from Art of the Fugue

MENDELSSOHN Quartet in A Minor, Op. 13

Named after the 18 th century French philosopher Denis Diderot, this quartet’s performances on historical instruments bring a fresh approach to works of the 18 th and 19 th centuries.

CHIAROSCURO

Brentano Quartet

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 11 | 3 PM

Shostakovich’s intensely personal String Quartet No. 8 , dedicated to the victims of fascism and war, sits in high contrast with two of the most uplifting, ebullient quartets by Mozart and Mendelssohn.

MOZART Quartet in E Major, K. 499

SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110

MENDELSSOHN Quartet in D Major, Op. 44, No. 1

Named for Antonie Brentano, considered to be Beethoven’s “Immortal Beloved,” the Brentano Quartet is “a magnificent string quartet … This was wonderful, selfless music-making.” —The London Times

GROUNDBREAKING!

Elias Quartet

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 25 | 3 PM

Groundbreaking compositions that altered the trajectory of the string quartet.

HAYDN Quartet in G Major, Op. 54, No. 1

STRAVINSKY Three Pieces for String Quartet

BEETHOVEN Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2

“Poetic, charismatic and virtuosic, this immensely talented string quartet has the rare quality of unforced spontaneity.” —Sunday Telegraph, London

NORTHERN LIGHTS

Quatuor Ébène

SUNDAY APRIL 14 | 3 PM

The Northern Lights—musical conversations from 18 th century Prussia, 19 th century Norway, and 20 th century Russia.

MOZART Quartet in D Major, K. 575

ALFRED SCHNITTKE Quartet No. 3

GRIEG Quartet in G Minor, Op. 27

“A string quartet that can easily morph into a jazz band”

—New York Times

What began in 1999 as a distraction in the university’s practice rooms— improvising on jazz standards & pop songs—has become a trademark of this French quartet.