The Summer Camp
of
MPM

presents
the Arriana String Quartet

8:00 p.m. Friday, August 1, 2003
St. Mary Magdalene Church

String Quartet in G Major, op. 77 no. 1 Haydn

  • Allegro Moderato
  • Adagio
  • Menuetto
  • Vivace

String Quartet No. 6, op. 101 Shostakovitch

  • Allegretto
  • Moderato con Moto
  • Lento-Allegretto

* * * * * Intermission * * * * *

String Quartet in G minor Debussy

  • Animé et tres décidé
  • Assez vif et bien rythmé
  • Andantino, doucement expressif
  • Très modéré - Très mouvementé et avec passion

John McGrosso, violin

Rebecca Rhee, violin

Robert Meyer, viola

Kurt Baldwin, cello

Arianna String Quartet

John McGrosso, Rebecca Rhee, Robert Meyer, Kurt Baldwin. Formed in 1992, the quartet was recently appointed Faculty Artist Teachers and Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The quartet was awarded the Grand Prize in the 1994 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and went on to First Prize in both the Coleman and Carmel National Competitions. They have performed in concerts throughout the United States and Canada as well as France, and Japan and have also been featured in concerts at the Spoleto, Banff, Norfolk, and 'Strings in the Mountain' festivals. The quartet has served as Ensemble-in-Residence at the Tanglewood Music Centre and were invited by Isaac Stern to perform in his inaugural Carnegie Hall master classes.