Shanghai Quartet

Name: Shanghai Quartet
Start: 2020-02-08T20:00:00+00:00
End: 2020-02-08T21:30:00+00:00

Peak Performances

String Quartet in D Major op.20 no.4 (28’)
Franz Haydn (1732-1809)
1. Allegro di Molto
2. Un poco Adagio Affettuoso
3. Allegro alla zingarese
4. Presto scherzando

Entre’acte (11’)
Caroline Shaw (1982-)

[Intermission]

String Quartet F Major Op.59 no.1
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
1. Allegro
2. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
3. Adagio molto e mesto
4. “Thème Russe” Allegro

Shanghai Quartet’s second engagement features notable classical compositions alongside a cutting-edge contemporary work.

The Shanghai Quartet is the quartet-in-residence at Montclair State University’s Cali School of Music.

Program

Credits

Programs in Peak Performances’ 2019-20 season are made possible in part by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.