Cypress String Quartet's Salon Series at Kanbar Performing Arts Center
Organization:
Cypress String Quartet
Category:
Concert
Geographical Area:
San Francisco
Start
Date:
10/25/2014
End Date:
10/25/2014
Start Time:
8:00 PM
End Time:
10:00 PM
Event
Info:
The Cypress String Quartet will perform the first program of its 2014-15 Salon Series at the charming Kanbar Performing Arts Center.
Salon Series concerts offer audiences the opportunity to experience chamber music in an up-close-and-personal, exhilarating format, with informative introductions to the music given by members of the quartet at each concert. This year, the Cypress explores three pairings of early and middle Beethoven string quartets in concerts that will run approximately two hours and culminate with chocolate and a tasting of exceptional German and Alsatian wines provided by Dee Vine Wines.
In addition to Beethoven's String Quartet No. 2, Op. 18 and No. 11, Op. 95, the Cypress String Quartets will highlight Schoenberg's beloved Transfigured Night for which the quartet will be joined by Jonathan Vinocour, principal violist of the San Francisco Symphony, and cellist Jean-Michel Fonteneau, founding member of the Ravel String Quartet. Based on a poem by Richard Dehmel, this expressionist work for sextet explores a transformative experience of love and forgiveness between two lovers walking through the night.
Known for its elegant performances, the Cypress String Quartet has been praised by Gramophone for its "artistry of uncommon insight and cohesion," and its sound has been called "beautifully proportioned and powerful" by The Washington Post. The Cypress Quartet was formed in San Francisco in 1996, and during its initial rehearsals the group created a signature sound through intense readings of J.S. Bach's Chorales. Built up from the bottom register of the quartet and layered like a pyramid, the resulting sound is clear and transparent, allowing the texture of the music to be discerned immediately.
The members of the Cypress Quartet play exceptional instruments including violins by Antonio Stradivari (1681) and Carlos Bergonzi (1733), a viola by Vittorio Bellarosa (1947), and a cello by Hieronymus Amati II (1701).
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