Friday, September 18, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Avalon String Quartet will be joined by Rachel Barton Pine (violin) and William Koehler (piano) for a program to include Claude Debussy’s energetic and sharply rhythmic String Quartet in G Minor op. 10; Ernest Chausson’s warmly melodic Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet op. 21; and Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet op. 18 no.6 in B-flat Major.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Yehuda Hanani (cello) will join Avalon for a program that celebrates the Russian influence in classical music, including Anton Arensky’s String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor op. 35 for Viola, Violin and Two Celli, with its rich and memorable melodies; Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet op. 59, no. 2 Rasumovsky, which was written for a Russian count and incorporates Russian folk melodies; and Sergei Prokofiev’s String Quartet No. 2 in F Major op. 92, a unique blend of folk music and classical form.
Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 4 pm
Joined by Anthony McGill (clarinet), Avalon will present a program that includes a new composition by Harold Meltzer (winner of the 2008 Barlow Prize in String Quartet Composition), Johannes Brahms' Clarinet Quintet in B op. 115, an evocative work full of yearning and wistfulness, ripe with structural rigor; and Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet op. 127, no. 12 in E-flat major.
Single tickets are $25, or a three-concert subscription is $60. Student and senior discount tickets are available for $10 with a valid ID. Call 815-753-1551 for tickets. Performances will take place in the Gottlieb Hall of the Joy Faith Knapp Music Center at Merit School of Music, 38 South Peoria Street in Chicago.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com (search for "Avalon Quartet") or by calling the toll-free 24/7 ticket hotline 1-800-838-3006.