St. Lawrence String Quartet October 11, 2011

Adult $40 | University Park Student $15 | 18 and Younger $32

Ludwig van Beethoven’s string quartets are among the crowning achievements of chamber music. The St. Lawrence String Quartet, ensemble-in-residence at Stanford University, inaugurates a three-season Center for the Performing Arts program featuring the complete Beethoven quartet cycle. The St. Lawrence, formed in Toronto in 1989, “[makes] a convincing case for being the top quartet of the post-Emerson generation,” asserts a reviewer for MusicalAmerica.com. A New York Times critic lauds the ensemble’s “rare gift for combining interpretive spontaneity and fierce musical commitment.” First violinist Geoff Nuttall and violist Lesley Robertson, founding members, are joined by cellist Christopher Costanza and second violinist Scott St. John. The program includes the quartets in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5, and C sharp minor, Op. 131.

Complimentary round-trip shuttle service is provided between the Eisenhower Parking Deck and Schwab Auditorium.

Official Website: http://www.cpa.psu.edu/events/slsq.html