Friday, February 27, 2009, 8:00 PM
Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

Pre-concert talk with musicologist Paul Bertagnolli, 7pm, Founders Club

Arriaga	String Quartet No. 3 in E-flat Major
Dvorák	String Quartet in F Major, Op. 96, “American”
Brahms	String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2

Cuarteto Casals (Vera Martinez Mehner, violin;
Abel Tomas Realp, violin; Jonathan Brown, viola;
Arnau Tomas Realp, cello)

This rapidly-rising young Spanish quartet, making its Houston debut, took first prize in the 2000 London International String Quartet Competition. Presenting music of their compatriot
Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, the so-called “Spanish Mozart” who died in Paris at the age of 19, the quartet also performs the popular quartet that Dvorak composed during his American sojourn and Brahms’s beautiful String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2.

“Here is a quartet for the new millennium if ever I heard one.”
— The Strad

Tickets: For tickets, call 713-524-5050 or click here. Tickets are available at the door on the night of the concert beginning at 6:30 PM.

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Parking tips: There is convenient parking available in the Hobby Center Garage, directly behind the Hobby Center.