(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – The Larchmere String Quartet will perform works by Haydn, Brahms and Ligeti in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall on the Williams College campus on Saturday, May 2, 2015, at 8pm. The concert is free and open to the public.

The quartet presents a program from Classical, Modern, and Romantic eras. They open the program with String Quartet in B flat Major op. 76 no. 4 “Sunrise” by Joseph Haydn, followed by string Quartet no. 1 “Métamorphoses nocturnes” by György Ligeti, and finish with the string Quartet in C Minor op. 51 no. 1 by Johannes Brahms.

Based in Evansville, Indiana, the quartet features violinist Jessica Tong, violinist Alicia Choi (Williams Class of 2009), violist Rose Wollman, and cellist Kirsten Jermé.

Praised as “an outstanding quartet [with] keen sensitivity and receptivity” (Bloomington Herald Times), the Larchmere String Quartet has been garnering international attention for its musical dynamism and innovative programming since its inception in 2011. The quartet currently holds the faculty position of Eykamp Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Evansville in Evansville, Indiana, where they work with students and serve as the University’s ambassadors of chamber music performance in the community and abroad. The quartet also performs as principal players of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra.

Dedicated to bringing the accessibility of chamber music to all audiences, the members of the LSQ have performed regularly on the international stage in venues such as the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Royal Festival Hall in London and Suntory Hall in Tokyo, as well as the most intimate settings. Recent festival appearances include a fully funded Banff Centre Residency in Banff, Canada and the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, Italy.

 

Williams concert hotline: 413-597-3146