CALIDORE STRING QUARTET
with MATTHEW LIPMAN, VIOLA

mann series
saturday, december 2 at 7:30 PM at washington irving
virtual concert released on monday, december 4

PROGRAM:

Bach: Chorale from “Art of the Fugue” BWV 1080
Mozart/Bach KV. 405 III. Fugue in E flat
Mozart: Adagio and Fugue K.456
Schnittke: String Quartet #3 Mov. 1
Thomas Ades: Arcadiana “O, Albion”
Caroline Shaw: Valencia
Jessie Montgomery: Strum
Gabriela Lena Frank: Coquetos From “Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout”
~ intermission ~
Mendelssohn: String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat Major
with Matthew Lipman, viola

CALIDORE STRING QUARTET
Jeffrey Myers, violin
Ryan Meehan, violin
Jeremy Berry, viola
Estelle Choi, cello
with Matthew Lipman, viola

Bio: 

The Calidore String Quartet are renowned for their “deep reserves of virtuosity and irrepressible dramatic instinct” (New York Times). The Los Angeles Times described the musicians as “astonishing,” their playing “shockingly deep,” approaching “the kind of sublimity other quartets spend a lifetime searching.” The Washington Post noted that “four more individual musicians are unimaginable, yet these speak, breathe, think and feel as one”. For more than a decade, the Calidore has enjoyed performances and residencies in world’s major venues and festivals, released multiple critically acclaimed recordings and won numerous awards. The Calidore is recognized as one of the world’s foremost interpreters of a vast repertory; from the cycles of quartets by Beethoven and Mendelssohn to works of celebrated contemporary voices like Grygory Kurtag, Jörg Widmann and Caroline Shaw. Read more…

American violist Matthew Lipman has been praised by the New York Times for his “rich tone and elegant phrasing,” and by the Chicago Tribune for a “splendid technique and musical sensitivity.” Lipman has come to be relied on as one of the leading players of his generation, frequently appearing as both a soloist and chamber music performer. Read more…

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Photo credits: Marco Borggreve (Calidore) and Abi Kralik (Lipman)