Chamber Music Society of Detroit Presents the Emerson String Quartet January 8, 2011

The Emerson String Quartet's list of achievements over three decades includes over thirty acclaimed recordings produced with Deutsche Grammophon since 1987, nine Grammy Awards (including two for Best Classical Album, an unprecedented honor for a chamber music group), three Gramophone Awards, the coveted Avery Fisher Prize and cycles of the complete Beethoven, Bartók, Mendelssohn and Shostakovich string quartets in the world's musical capitals.

This concert marks the Emerson's first appearance on the Chamber Music Society of Detroit series since 1995. A pre-concert dinner at Bacco Ristorante, with a special reduced prices for CMSD ticket holders, is at 6 pm.

Program:

MOZART: Quartet in D Major, K. 575

MENDELSSOHN: Quartet in E flat Major, Op. 44, No. 3

***INTERMISSION***

DEBUSSY: Quartet in G minor, Op. 10

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