Auditorium, APS Conference Center, Argonne National Laboratory
Saturday October 12, 2002 at 8:00 p.m.
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| Andrey Shislov, violin |
| Sergey Pishchugin, violin |
| Alexander Galkovsky, viola |
| Alexander Korchagin, cello |
| Program | |
|---|---|
| Sergey Rachmaninov | String Quartet No. 2 (Unfinished) |
| Alfred Schnittke | String Quartet No. 3 (1983) |
| Dmitry Shostakovich | String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73 |
This program is partially supported by the University of Chicago and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency
Russia's foremost Shostakovich Quartet was founded in 1966. It won an international reputation after its successful appearances at the 19th International ARD Competition in Munich (1970, third prize) and the 23rd Leo Weiner International Competition in Budapest (1973, first prize).
The quartet's repertoire embraces the standard works by European composers - including Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms - as well as the works for string quartet by the Russian composers Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Glazunov, and Gretchaninov.
The artists have always felt the greatest affinity with Dmitri Shostakovich's quartet music. They have performed the complete cycle of all his fifteen string quartets on numerous occasions, most recently at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. In 1979, the ensemble was officially designated Shostakovich Quartet.
The Quartet has recorded more than fifty CDs and LPs released by Olympia (UK), Melodia (Russia), Deutsche Gramophon (Germany), Ricordi (Italy), MFSL (USA), Toshiba EMI (Japan) and Sacrambo (Japan). The members of the Quartet teach at the Moscow Conservatory.
The audience is invited to join the artists at a reception following the performance.
The concert will be presented in the Auditorium of the APS Conference Center (Bldg. 402) at Argonne. It is open to the public; photo identification is required to enter the laboratory site.
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Admission to the concert is $20. Call (630) 252-3751 to order your tickets now, VISA and MasterCard accepted; or use the ticket request form to order your tickets by mail.
Remaining tickets will be sold in the lobby of the Argonne Cafeteria (Bldg. 213) during the week of October 7 between noon and 1:00 p.m. The Auditorium Box Office will be open on the day of the performance at 7:30 p.m.
A special dinner (menu) prepared by Chef Chris Kaminsky will be served in the Argonne Guest House. Dinner hours from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. $23.45 per person. Reservations requested (630-739-6000).
