The Fifth Quartet of Bela Bartok has a number of special characteristic preoccupations which give it a distinct and riveting personality. This program creates a context for several of those preoccupations through the music of Bach, Beethoven, Haydn, Purcell, Berio and Bartok himself.

The first half of the program will include short works highlighting three preoccupations: music canons (“Chases and Reflections”), ethnic idioms (“Hungarian and Bulgarian Rhythms”) and obsession (“Fixation on a Single Note”). The second half will present Bartok’s Quartet No.5, poised to be heard in a new space, with clarity and immediacy.

Concert I: Chases and Reflections

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