Concert: The Lydian String Quartet November 16, 2008

This will be held in the Daniel Arts Center, McConnell Theatre.

Bard College at Simon’s Rock South Berkshire Concert Series has been a campus and regional musical mainstay. Organized by music faculty member Larry Wallach, the series brings musicians in a wide variety of musical genres—from classical and contemporary to jazz and music from around the world—every year. While traditionally open to the public, this year the series moved forward with the decision to offer free performances with a suggested $10 donation.
The Lydian String Quartet will visit campus to perform the following program: Beethoven, String Quartet in G, op. 18 no. 2; Ives, String Quartet no. 1; Beethoven, String Quartet in c-sharp minor, op. 131. The Quartet has recorded twenty CDs of music from Schubert and Brahms through Hyla, Boykan, Ornstein, Wyner and Harbison. Their recording of John Harbison's String Quartet No. 3 and "The Rewaking" was chosen by both the New York Times and the Boston Globe as one of the best recordings of 2001. Their latest recording of the complete string quartets of Vincent Persichetti was the recipient of a Copland Fund grant and was released by Centaur in 2006. The Lydians have concertized extensively throughout the United States at venues such as Lincoln Center, Weill Recital Hall, Jordan Hall, the Library of Congress and the Kennedy Center.