The Summer Camp
of
MPM

presents

Penderecki String Quartet

8:00 p.m. Friday, August 2, 2002
St. Mary Magdalene's Church, Picton

Quartet in B Flat Major, K. 159 W.A. Mozart

  • Andante grazioso (1756-1791)
  • Allegro
  • Rondo

Quartet No. 4 Bela Bartòk

  • Allegro (1881-1945)
  • Prestissimo, con sordino
  • Non troppo Lento
  • Allegretto pizzacatto
  • Allegro molto

* * * * * Intermission * * * * *

Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 127 Ludwig van Beethoven

  • Maestoso - Allegro (1770-1827)
  • Adagio, ma non troppo e molto Cantibe
  • Scherzando vivace
  • Finale

Jeremy Bell, violin

Jerzy Kaplanek, violin

Christine Vlajk, viola

Paul Pulford, cello

Penderecki String Quartet

This ensemble, formed in 1986 at the request of pre-eminent Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki, continues to hold a reputation of international stature. To this day the Quartet is a devoted champion of contemporary music, commissioning new works from Brian Cherney, Randolph Peters, Glenn Buhr, Bruce Mather and Raymond Luedeke. They have collaborated with Vladimir Feltsman, James Campbell, Lev Natochenny, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi and Janina Fialkowska. Their recordings include the complete Penderecki String Quartets and Piano Quintets by Brahms, Shostakovich and Schnittke. For the past eight years the Penderecki has been Quartet-in-Residence at Canada's Wilfrid Laurier University teaching and promoting chamber music of the highest quality.