Video of Emerson in the Recital
Hall
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Emerson
String Quartet
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2008 AT
8:00 PM
Recital Hall - $42
The remarkable Emerson String
Quartet opens Staller Center’s 20th anniversary
season as Eugene Drucker (violin), Philip Setzer (violin), Lawrence Dutton
(viola), and David Finckel (cello) mark 30 years together. Dubbed “America’s
greatest quartet” by Time magazine, Stony Brook University has been
fortunate to have the group as Quartet-in-Residence since 2002.
Opening
night of the 2008-2009 season will have a special program by the Emerson
in honor of Staller Center’s anniversary. The program will include the
Mendelssohn Octet, Op. 20 with guest artists Soovin Kim and Joanna
Kaczorowska, violins; Katherine Murdock, viola; Colin Carr, cello; Haydn Quartet
in F Major, Op. 74 No. 2; Ravel Quartet in F Major; Shostakovich, Piece for Trumpet, Piano and String Quartet
From the film “The Girl Friends” (North American premiere).
Other guest artists include Mark Dulin, trumpet; Christina Dahl, piano.
Program subject to change.
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