Chamber Music Society of Detroit Presents the Emerson String Quartet on January 8

The concert marks the Quartet's first appearance on the Chamber Music Society of Detroit series in 15 years

2010-12-09

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI, December 09, 2010 (Press-News.org) ARTISTS/DATE/CONCERT LOCATION-
The Emerson String Quartet
Saturday, January 8, 2011, 8:00 PM

Seligman Performing Arts Center
Located on the campus of Detroit Country Day School
22305 West 13 Mile Road, Beverly Hills

-ARTIST BIOS-
Please see: http://www.imgartists.com/?page=artist&id=1 or http://www.emersonquartet.com/artist.php?view=bio.

-REPERTOIRE-
Mozart: String Quartet in D Major, K. 575
Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 44, No. 3

-UNIQUE FEATURES OF THIS CONCERT-
• The Emerson String Quartet's remarkable list of achievements over three decades includes over thirty acclaimed recordings produced with Deutsche Grammophon since 1987, nine Grammy Awards (including two for Best Classical Album, an unprecedented honor for a chamber music group), three Gramophone Awards, the coveted Avery Fisher Prize and cycles of the complete Beethoven, Bartók, Mendelssohn and Shostakovich string quartets in the world's musical capitals, from New York to London and Vienna.
• This concert marks the Emerson's first appearance on the Chamber Music Society of Detroit series since 1995.
• Pre-Concert Dinner: Bacco Ristorante, with special reduced dinner price for CMSD ticket-holders, 6:00 - 7:15 PM

-SPECIAL FEATURES OF SELIGMAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER-
• Free Parking
• Easy Accessibility
• Intimate Chamber Music Venue (seats 724)
• Excellent acoustics, Kirkegaard Associates acoustician

-SPECIAL OFFERING BY THE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF DETROIT-
• Society Cafe open before the concerts and during intermission with support from Sweet Lorraine's and Cadillac Coffee

-UPCOMING CONCERTS: CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF DETROIT 2010-2011 SEASON-

Saturday, February 5, 2011
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano
All-Liszt Program
Consolations
Les Jeux d'Eaux à la Villa d'Este
Legendes
Meine Freuden (after Chopin, Chants polonais no. 5 )
Ballade No. 2 in B minor
Isoldens Liebestod, from "Tristan und Isolde" (after Wagner)
Tarantella from "Venezia e Napoli"

Saturday, February 12, 2011
Orion Quartet and Windscape
Bach: The Art of Fugue (arranged for string quartet and wind quintet by Samuel Baron)

Saturday, March 26, 2011
Zuill Bailey, Cello
Piers Lane, Piano
Mendelssohn: Concert Variations
Schumann: Fantasiestücke
Roberto Sierra: Suite de canciones y danzas
Rachmaninoff: Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 19
Pre-Concert Talk with Zuill Bailey, 6:45 - 7:30 PM

Saturday, April 2, 2011
Nash Ensemble of London
Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478
Bax: Oboe Quintet
Britten: Phantasy Quartet for Oboe and String Trio, Op. 2
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Pre-Concert Talk with Steven Rings, 6:45 - 7:30 PM

Saturday, April 16, 2011
Jorge Federico Osorio, Piano
Beethoven: Variations in F major, Op. 34
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
Franck: Prelude, Chorale and Fugue
Granados: Spanish Dances, Nos. 1, 2 & 5
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

Saturday, May 21, 2011
Morgenstern Trio
The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award Concert
Beethoven: Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor
Brahms: Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101
Pre-Concert Talk with Steven Rings, 6:45 - 7:30 PM

-TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION-
• Single tickets to all concerts: $43 - $75; students $25.
• By phone: Chamber Music Society of Detroit Ticket Service: 248-855-6070
• Online: http://www.ComeHearCMSD.org

HOUR Detroit and dbusiness are the media sponsors for the 2011-2012 season.

For further information about the 2009-2010 concert season, please visit the Chamber Music Society of Detroit web site at http://www.ComeHearCMSD.org.

The Chamber Music Society of Detroit is a non-profit organization committed to presenting the highest quality chamber music performed by musicians of international stature in acoustically outstanding venues. The Chamber Music Society of Detroit is recognized locally, nationally and internationally for the high caliber of its presentations.

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