Date(s) of Performance
4/2/2011
Company
Shanghai Quartet
Performers/Artists
Weigang Li, violin; Yi-Wen Jiang, violin; Honggang Li, viola; Nicholas Tzavaras, cello
Summary
How does the forgotten become the familiar? A ll you need to do is hear the work of English composer Frank Bridge (1879–1941). Bridge wrote beguiling music— Novelletten great example is a —that suf fered a loss of public as a result of World War II but is now having a deserved resurgence. Bridge mentored many artists, most notably Benjamin Britten. This stellar program includes Mozart’s Quartet K. 465 “Dissonance” and Bartok’s Quartet no. 6.
Disciplines
Music Performance | Theatre and Performance Studies