The Summer Camp
of
MPM

presents

Penderecki String Quartet

8:00 p.m. Friday, August 3, 2001

Quartet in C Major, K. 157, W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)

  • Allegro
  • Andante
  • Presto

Quartet No. 6 (1939), Bela Bartòk (1881-1945)

  • Mesto - Piu mosso, pesante - Vivace
  • Mesto - Marcia
  • Mesto - Burletta
  • Mesto

* * * * * Intermission * * * * *

Quartet in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2, Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

  • Allegro non troppo
  • Andante moderato
  • Quasi Minuetto, moderato - Allegretto vivace
  • Finale - Allegro non assai

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.