Date(s) of Performance
12/17/2011
Company
Shanghai Quartet
Performers/Artists
Violin: Weigang Li, Yi-Wen Jiang; Viola: Honggang Li; Cello: Nicholas Tzavaras; Guest Artists- Clarinet: Michel Lethiec; Double Bass: Marji Danilow
Summary
Amid the holiday rush, stop by the Alexander Kasser Theater, where the living is easy. George and Ira Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess gets the full Shanghai Quartet treatment with a program featuring selections from the landmark 1935 opera. “Summertime”, “It Ain’t Necessesarily So”, “I Got Plenty of Nuthin’” and “My Man’s Gone Now” have entered the classic American lexicon. Now, hear these classics interpreted by Montclair State University’s incomparable Shanghai Quartet, featuring world-renowned master clarinetist Michel Lethiec.
Disciplines
Theatre and Performance Studies
Additional Information
shanghaiquartet.com