BORROMEO STRING QUARTET...outstanding !

Sunday Concert Series

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ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM

CALDERWOOD HALL

 

Dvorak Project, Part III

 

** Program **

 

String Quartet No. 13 in G Major, Op. 106

Allegro moderato

Adagio ma non troppo

Molto vivace

Finale. Andante Sostenuto - Allegro con fuoco

 

String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48

Allegro moderato

Dumka. Poca allegretto

Furiant. Presto

Finale. Tema con variazioni. Allegretto grazioso, quasi andantino

 

As quartet-in-residence at the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music for twenty years, the Borromeo have opened the "doors of perception" to a generation of young musicians who are now themselves being heard by audiences around the world.

Their informal public master class series held at NEC, called "Early Evenings with the Borromeo," regularly attracts standing-room-only crowds.

The ensemble returns to the Taos School of Music in New Mexico this summer for its eighth season of mentoring outstanding young musicians.

The Borromeo String Quartet has been heard in the most illustrious concert halls, including Tokyo's Casals Hall, Daiichi Seimei Hall, the Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall, and the Opéra national de Paris-Bastille, as well as the Library of Congress, Alice Tully Hall, Jordan Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Kennedy Center.

It has been invited to perform at music festivals around the world, including Spoleto, Orlando in the Netherlands, Music Isle in Korea, and throughout North America at the Rockport, Maverick, Marlboro, La Jolla, Music@Menlo, Ravinia, Vancouver, and Tanglewood music festivals. 

First violinist Nicholas Kitchen was artistic director of the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival for six seasons.