Returning for the third time to the Kohl series, now with new first violinist, Naumburg-winner Frank Huang, the Ying Quartet has reached unique prominence in the classical music world, combining brilliantly communicative performances with a fearlessly imaginative view of chamber music in today's context. Now in its second decade, the Quartet has toured across the US and abroad, including many of the world's most important venues from Carnegie Hall to the Sydney Opera House. Committed to sharing music in everyday life the Ying Quartet also performs in settings as diverse as the workplace, schools and juvenile prisons.
There will be a pre-concert talk at 6pm with Kai Christiansen.
- Venue: Kohl Mansion
- Date: Sun February 7, 2010 7:00pm
- City: Burlingame
- Price Range: $15-$42
- Tickets: 650.762.1130
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Program
Haydn
Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 4
Barber
String Quartet, Op. 11
Dvořák
Quartet in F Major, Op. 96, "American"
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In some ways, the Ying Quartet will be returning to its roots when it plays the “American” String Quartet, Op. 96, by Dvořák at Kohl Mansion in February. Written when the composer was living in rural Iowa, it’s a special piece for the quartet, according to Phillip Ying, who plays viola. While the Ying siblings did not grow up there, it was in Jesup, Iowa, a town of just 2,000 people, that they got their professional start. More »
