Reserved Hall Seats: $55/35, $30/27 (partial obstruction)
General Admission/Outdoors/Uncovered: $20, Students: $10
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Nicholas Kitchen, violin
Kristopher Tong, violin
Melissa reardon, viola
Yeesun Kim, cello
PROGRAM
Florence Price: Five Folksongs in Counterpoint
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59, No. 3 (“Razumovsky”)
Antonín Dvořák: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
Each performance of the award-winning Borromeo String Quartet strengthens its reputation as one of the most important ensembles of our time. Admired and sought after for both its fresh interpretations of the classical music canon and its championing of works by 20th and 21st century composers, the ensemble has been hailed for its “edge-of-the- seat performances,” by the Boston Globe, which called it “simply the best.”
Inspiring audiences for 35 years, the Borromeo has been the ensemble-in-residence at New England Conservatory for over three decades, and at the Taos School of Music since 2005. The Borromeo also serves as quartet-in-residence at the Heifetz International Music Institute, where first violinist Nicholas Kitchen is Artistic Director. The Quartet has performed on major concert stages across the globe, including appearances at Carnegie Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie, Wigmore Hall, Suntory Hall, the Concertgebouw, Seoul Arts Center, and the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, and performed for many years with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
HENRY KRAMER
Praised by The Cleveland Classical Review for his “astonishingly confident technique” and The New York Times for “thrilling [and] triumphant” performances, pianist Henry Kramer is developing a reputation as a musician of rare sensitivity who combines stylish programming with insightful and exuberant interpretations. In 2016, he garnered international recognition with a Second Prize win in the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. Most recently, he was awarded a 2019 Avery Fisher Career Grant by Lincoln Center – one of the most coveted honors bestowed on young American soloists.
This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts and a generous donation from Ellen Werner
