The St. Lawrence String Quartet

Program offerings, 2008-09 season

Master list of pieces offered (scroll down for specific program combinations):

John Adams: new work (composed for SLSQ) – available after Feb 1, 2009
Beethoven: Quartet in Bb-Major, Op. 18, No. 6
Beethoven: Quartet in C#-minor, Op. 131
Beethoven: Quartet in A-minor, Op. 132
Berg: Lyric Suite
Jonathan Berger: “The Bridal Canopy” composed for SLSQ in 2008
Dvorak: Quartet in G-Major, Op. 106
Dvorak: selections from “Cypresses”
Haydn: Quartet in Eb-Major, Op. 9, No. 2
Haydn: in F-Major, Op. 77, No. 2
Hindemith: Quartet No. 4, Op. 22
Mendelssohn: Quartet in f minor, Op. 80
R. Murray Schafer – String Quartet No. 3

Plus special collaborations:

With violist Barry Shiffman and/or cellist Marina Hoover (founding SLSQ members available to celebrate the quartet’s 20th anniversary year in 2009) offering any of:

Dvorak: Sextet for strings in A-Major, Op. 48
Schoenberg: String Sextet “Transfigured Night”
Mozart: viola quintets in G-Minor K 516 and D-Major K 593
Schubert: cello quintet in C-Major

With Stephen Prutsman, piano: the standard quintets for piano and strings by Dvorak, Brahms, and Shostakovich, plus Cesar Franck, Korngold, and Dohnnanyi

With Todd Palmer, clarinet offering the “Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind” by Osvaldo Golijov or the Mozart clarinet quintet (presenter choice)

 

Below are specific program suggestions from the SLSQ. Please contact us with your preferred program, and be sure to note where appropriate which alternate selection you have made.

1) Beethoven 18/6
Hindemith or Adams (presenter choose)
Dvorak 106

2) Haydn 9/2
Berg Lyric
Mendelssohn

3) Haydn 77/2
Adams
Beethoven 132 or Mendelssohn (presenter choose)

4) Dvorak Cypresses
Berger or Adams (presenter choose)
Dvorak 106

5) Haydn 9/2
Berg Lyric
Dvorak Cypresses or Adams (presenter choose)
Haydn 77/2

6) Beethoven 18/6
Adams or Schafer (presenter choose)
Beethoven 132 or 131 (presenter choose)

7) All 20th/21st century:
Berger or Hindemith (presenter choose)
Adams
Schafer

8) All Beethoven:
Beethoven 132
Beethoven 131

9) Haydn (teacher) & Beethoven (student):
Haydn 77/2
Beethoven 18/6
Beethoven 131 or 132 (presenter choose)

Other program combinations from the master list are possible; please contact us to consult.