- Saturday | March 28 | 7:00 PM
- Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
- 800 Bagby St #300, Houston, TX 77002
- 713-524-5050 | boxoffice@dacamera.com
Schubert Perspectives #2
Program
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95, “Serioso”
PHILIP GLASS: String Quartet No. 5
SCHUBERT: Cello Quintet in C Major, Op. 163, D. 956
Musicians
Parker Quartet (DANIEL CHONG, violin; KEN HAMAO, violin; JESSICA BODNER, viola; KEE-HYUN KIM, cello); RAMAN RAMAKRISHNAN, cello
Discover anew Schubert’s glorious Cello Quintet, considered by many the most beautiful work in all of chamber music. The Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet, one of the preeminent ensembles of its generation, opens their program with the ferocious intensity of Beethoven and the minimalism of Philip Glass, setting the stage for a fascinating dialogue with Schubert’s time-suspending masterpiece.
Concert Sponsor
Marvy Finger Family Foundation
“Exceptional virtuosity [and] imaginative interpretation”
— The Washington Post
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— The Boston Globe
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