Chamber Music & Orchestra, Afiara String Quartet, March 17, 2013

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HAYDN

String Quartet in F major, Op. 74, No. 2

ABIGAÑA

String Quartet No. 2

BEETHOVEN

String Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3

Making its Cal Performances debut, the Afiara String Quartet is a young ensemble poised on the edge of greatness. The group displays keen interest in new works, offers fresh insight into core classical repertoire, and has already won major honors, including the Concert Artists Guild International Competition (2008) and the Young Canadian Musicians Award (2010). The group's Berkeley program is a delightful combination of old and new, with masterworks of Haydn and Beethoven plus a new work by Boston composer Brett Abigaña, commissioned by the Afiara. "A revelation...their performance individually and collectively, their musicality and maturity...place the Afiara amongst the best of current quartets" (La Presse, Montreal).

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Home Concert with the Afiara String Quartet
Sat, Mar 16, 2013
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