Weekend Concert Series
Attacca String Quartet
Sunday
October 6, 2019
1:30 - 3 pm
Calderwood Hall
Program
Franz Joseph Haydn, String Quartet No. 2 in D Major, Op. 71 (1793)
Giuseppe Verdi, String Quartet (1873)
Billy Childs, String Quartet No. 3, “Unrequited” (2015)
Caroline Shaw, Plan and Elevation (2015)
One of the finest young string quartets in the world returns to the Gardner with a program that includes a luminous quartet from Franz Joseph Haydn—the virtual inventor of the medium—as well as Verdi’s solitary and astonishing contribution to the form. These landmarks are joined by a recent work from Caroline Shaw, modeled on architectural drawings for Dumbarton Oaks, the historic estate in Georgetown with gardens designed by landscape architect Beatrix Jones Farrand.
The Museum thanks its generous concert donors: Fitzpatrick Family Concert; James Lawrence Memorial Concert; Alford P. Rudnick Memorial Concert; Marie Louise and David Scudder Concert; Wendy Shattuck Young Artist Concert; and Willona Sinclair Memorial Concert. The piano is dedicated as the Alex d’Arbeloff Steinway. The harpsichord was generously donated by Dr. Robert Barstow in memory of Marion Huse, and its care is endowed in memory of Dr. Barstow by The Barstow Fund. The Museum is also supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which receives support from the State of Massachusetts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
