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Pacifica Quartet
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Recognized for its virtuosity, exuberant performance style, and often-daring repertory choices, the Pacifica Quartet has carved out a compelling and critically lauded musical path, resulting in Musical America naming the group its 2009 “Ensemble of the Year.” The Pacifica also received the music industry’s most coveted recognition with its 2009 “Best Chamber Music Performance” Grammy Award for its recording of Elliott Carter’s String Quartets Nos. 1 & 5 (Naxos). Since the group first came tog...
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Announcement
On the evening of Oct. 24, the Pacifica Quartet will lay out yet another welcome mat, this one at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it was recently named quartet in residence.
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Mendelssohn: Quartet for Strings no 2 in A Minor, Op. 13 "Ist Es Wahr?" (Is It True?) N/A
Ensemble: Pacifica Quartet
Recording Date: Tue 14 Nov 2017
I - Adagio — Allegro vivace (8:30) N/A
II - Adagio non lento (8:04) N/A
III - Intermezzo: Allegretto con moto — Allegro di molto (4:59) N/A
IV - Presto — Adagio non lento (11:28) N/A
Schubert: Quintet for Strings in C major, Op. 163/D 956 N/A
Composer: Franz Schubert
Ensemble: Pacifica Quartet
Recording Date: Mon 13 Nov 2017
I - Allegro ma non troppo (14:59) N/A
II - Adagio (14:19) N/A
III - Scherzo: Presto - Trio: Andante sostenuto (9:20) N/A
IV - Allegretto (9:34) N/A
Wolfe: Splendid Hopes
Composer: Julia Wolfe
Ensemble: Pacifica Quartet
Recording Date: Mon 13 Nov 2017
Splendid Hopes (22:25) N/A
Haydn: Quartet for Strings in G major, Op. 76 no 1/H 3 no 75 N/A
I - Allegro con spirito (6:29) N/A
II - Adagio sostenuto (6:58) N/A
III - Menuetto: Presto (2:36) N/A
IV - Finale: Allegro ma non troppo (5:29) N/A
Shostakovich: Quartet for Strings no 3 in F major, Op. 73 N/A
I - Allegretto (5:24) N/A
II - Moderato con moto (5:18) N/A
III - Allegro non troppo (4:19) N/A
4 & 5 - Adagio & Moderato (16:50) N/A
Events
Pacifica Quartet: Festival Beethoven
28 Oct 2018
Lincoln Performance Hall
Pacifica Quartet: Festival Beethoven
30 Oct 2018
Lincoln Performance Hall
Pacifica Quartet: Festival Beethoven
1 Nov 2018
Lincoln Performance Hall