Rolston String Quartet, October 8, 2017

Robert Blocker, Dean

ysm ensembles

Rolston String Quartet

Sunday, October 8, 2017 • 3 pm Morse Recital Hall

YSM Ensembles

Rolston String Quartet luri lee, violin • jeffrey dyrda, violin hezekiah leung, viola • jonathan lo, cello

Ludwig van Beethoven 1770–1827

String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18, No. 3 I. Allegro II. Andante con moto III. Allegro IV. Presto

Claude Debussy 1862–1918

String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 I. Animé et très décidé II. Assez vif et bien rythmé III. Andantino, doucement expressif IV. Très modéré — En animant peu à peu —

Très mouvementé et avec passion intermission

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840–1893

String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11 I. Moderato e semplice II. Andante cantabile III. Scherzo. Allegro non tanto

e con fuoco IV. Finale. Allegro giusto

As a courtesy to the performers and audience, silence electronic devices.

Please do not leave the hall during selections. Photography or recording of any kind is prohibited.

Artist Profile

First Prize laureate of the 12th Banff International String Quartet Competition, the Rolston String Quartet was named among the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s 2016 “30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians Under 30.” Recently, Musical Toronto said, “they performed with a maturity and cohesion rivaling the best string quartets in the world.” A winner of Astral’s 2016 National Auditions, the quartet was also the Grand Prize winner of the 31st Chamber Music Yellow Springs Competition, as well as prizewinners at the inaugural M-Prize competition (2016) and the 2016 Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition.

On the heels of their Banff win, the Rolstons immediately embarked upon the competition’s tour in the 2016–2017 season, taking them to Germany, Italy, Austria, Canada, and the United States. In the 2017– 2018 season, they will perform throughout Canada, United States, Europe, and Israel.

Highlights include appearances in such venues as the Smithsonian, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Koerner Hall at the Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music, and the Esterházy Palace.

In the fall of 2017, the Rolston String Quartet began its tenure as the Yale School of Music’s fellowship quartet-in-residence.

The quartet has also served as the graduate quartet-in-residence at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and has participated in residencies and fellowships at the Académie musicale de Villecroze, Aspen Music Festival, Banff Centre, McGill International String Quartet Academy, Yale Summer School of Music/Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Robert Mann String Quartet Institute, St. Lawrence

String Quartet Seminar, and the Yehudi Menuhin Chamber Music Festival.

Notable collaborations for the Rolston String Quartet include performances with renowned artists Andrés Díaz, Gilbert Kalish, Mark Morris, Donald Palma, Jon Kimura Parker, and Miguel da Silva. Additionally, the quartet has worked with composers John Luther Adams and Brian Current. Primary mentors include the Brentano String Quartet (the School of Music’s quartet-in-residence), James Dunham, Norman Fischer, and Kenneth Goldsmith, and the quartet has received additional guidance from the St. Lawrence String Quartet, Barry Shiffman, Miguel da Silva, and Alastair Tait.

The Rolston String Quartet was formed in the summer of 2013 at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s Chamber Music Residency. The group takes its name from Canadian violinist Thomas Rolston, founder and longtime director of the Music and Sound Programs at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

Luri Lee plays a Carlo Tononi violin, generously on loan from Shauna Rolston Shaw.

Rolston String Quartet is endorsed by Jargar Strings of Denmark.

Upcoming Events Sir Jonathan Mills october 9 Talks and Master Classes Sir Jonathan Mills, Trumbull Fellow, presents “Artists and Communities — Performing the City,” the third of four public lectures that address issues related to “Culture, Creativity, and Community” Yale School of Architecture, Hastings Hall Monday | 6:30 pm free admission Angela Hewitt, piano october 11 Horowitz Piano Series Canadian pianist and Bach specialist Angela Hewitt, whom The New York Times has described as “an artist of consummate technical skill and refinement,” performs Bach’s monumental “Goldberg” Variations.

Pre-concert talk by Associate Professor of Music History Paul Berry at 6:30 pm.

Morse Recital Hall | Wednesday | 7:30 pm Tickets start at $21 • Students $11

David Robertson, guest conductor october 13 Yale Philharmonia Guest conductor David Robertson leads the Yale Philharmonia and violinist Laura Park, a winner of the 2017 Woolsey Hall Concerto Competition, in a performance of Walton’s Violin Concerto, on a program that also includes Rouse’s Rapture and Strauss’ breathtaking tone poem Ein Heldenleben Woolsey Hall | Friday | 7:30 pm Tickets start at $10 • Yale Faculty/Staff $8 Students $5 $3 surcharge for purchases at the door Wendy Sharp, violin october 15 Faculty Artist Series A performance by the School’s director of chamber music, violinist Wendy Sharp Morse Recital Hall | Sunday |3 pm free admission Central Conservatory of Music Opera Concert october 17 Special Events Students from the Central Conservatory in Beijing perform Western opera selections with piano accompaniment Morse Recital Hall | Tuesday | 7:30 pm free admission

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Robert Blocker, Dean