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Auditorium, APS Conference Center, Argonne National Laboratory
Sunday, November 12, 2006, at 3:00 p.m.
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| Program | ||
|---|---|---|
| W. A. Mozart | – | String Quartet in D-Major, KV 575 |
| Bedrich Smetana | – | Quartet No. 2 in D-Minor |
| Antonin Dvorak | – | Quartet in F-Major, Op. 96 (“American“) |
More on the artists, post-concert reception, location, ordering tickets, and post-concert dinner below.
This program is partially supported by the University of Chicago and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
The Prazak Quartet, formed in 1972, quickly secured top prizes from prestigious competitions, including Evian and the Prague International Competition. They perform regularly on major stages throughout Europe, North America, Japan, and Australia, earning critical acclaim for their technical mastery and expressive lyricism. Their recordings (since 1996 exclusively on Praga/Harmonia Mundi) have garnered numerous international awards, including the Grand Prix International du Disque and the Diapason d’Or.
“A warmth that recalled the proximity of coffee house and concert hall in the old Austro-Hungarian empire.“
-- The Strad
“The Prazak plays with the great tonal warmth and beauty of the Guarneri, the huge dynamic range of the Alben Berg, [and] the superb intonation of the old Quartetto Italiano.“
-- Fanfare
“A tone that was warm and shapely yet sufficiently crystalline to allow the textures and individual lines to be savored. It was the kind of virtuosity that does not call attention to itself, but leaves a listener feeling secure that the music is in capable hands... A hotblooded, richly textured reading.“
-- The New York Times
“Definitive may be the most overused adjective in the critic’s vocabulary, but no other single word more aptly describes the achievement by this superb foursome.“
-- Chicago Tribune
“Poetic... powerful... It was the kind of performance that grabbed you by the collar and refused to behave.“
-- Los Angeles Times
“Performed with mastery and the freedom that comes with deep identification with the music... the members perform rhapsodically and flamboyantly but in absolutely effortless synchronicity with one another“
-- Philadelphia Inquirer
“A vivid and moving experience... an exceptional evening of music-making.“
-- The Dallas Morning News
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.
The concert is open to the public.
Photo ID is required to enter the laboratory site.
Visitors need to register prior to the event
by calling 630-252-3751 during regular working hours.
Don't know how to reach Argonne? Confused about the layout of the laboratory site? Here are some navigational aids:
Admission to the concert is $25.
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) between noon and 1:00 p.m. during the week immediately preceding the concert.
The Auditorium Box Office will open one-half hour before the performance.
A special prix fixe dinner
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.
Reservations requested (630-739-6000).