The Escher String Quartet, including Canadian Violist Pierre Lapointe, performs at the Kennedy Center April 26, 2010

Escher String Quartet


The Escher String Quartet returns to the Kennedy Center for a night of Bartók, Brahms, and Beethoven, demonstrating what the San Francisco Chronicle calls "ripe tonal balances with the kind of heedless intensity that comes with youth." The group, now in its fifth year, has garnered praise from such luminaries as Pinchas Zukerman and Itzhak Perlman as they continue to display "ripe tonal balances with the kind of heedless intensity that comes with youth" (San Francisco Chronicle). Balancing interweaving solo parts and group harmony, their performances are evocative of graphic artist M.C. Escher, from whom they take their name. The group brings this twisting and turning artistry to a triptych of string quartets from Bartók to Brahms to Beethoven that are linked by their intensity and drama.

Artists:
Adam Barnett-Hart , violin
Wu Jie , violin
Pierre Lapointe , viola
Andrew Janss , cello

Program:
BARTÓK - String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17
BRAHMS - String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51
BEETHOVEN - String Quartet in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2

Apr 26, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Terrace Theater
Approx. 100 minutes
$32.00

Official Website: http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showEvent&event=MKFSM