# Robert Greenberg & the Alexander String Quartet at St. John's Presbyterian Church, December 20, 2014

[SFPerformances](http://sfperformances.org/performances/1415/ASQBerkeley.html) presents [Alexander String Quartet](http://www.asq4.com/)  
2014-12-20  
[St. John's Presbyterian Church](http://www.stjohnsberkeley.org)  
[2727 College Ave, Berkeley, CA  ](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2727+College+Ave,+Berkeley,+CA++&hl=en)  
10:00 AM, Saturday, December 20, 2014

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## Tentative Program

* Mozart: Quartet No. 18 in A Major, K. 464
* Mozart: Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 “Dissonance”

## Set One

[10:01 AM announcements from Ruth Felt]

### Lecture by Robert Greenberg

01. [10:03 AM] (lecture)

### Mozart: Quartet No. 18 in A Major, K. 464

Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791): Quartet No. 18 in A Major, K. 464 (1785)

01. [10:29 AM] Allegro
02. [10:36 AM] Menuetto and Trio
03. [10:42 AM] Andante
04. [10:55 AM] Allegro non troppo  
[set ends 11:01 AM; applause, then off after a minute or so]

## Set Two

### Lecture by Robert Greenberg

01. [11:24 AM] (lecture)

### Mozart: Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465

Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791): Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 “Dissonance” (1785)

01. [12:05 PM] Adagio-Allegro
02. [12:15 PM] Andante cantabile
03. [12:23 PM] Menuetto. Allegro
04. [12:28 PM] Allegro molto  
[show ends 12:35 PM; applause, then off at 12:37 PM]


## Performers

### Alexander String Quartet

[Alexander String Quartet](http://www.asq4.com/)

* Zakarias Grafilo: violin;
* Frederick Lifsitz: violin;
* Sandy Wilson: cello;
* Paul Yarbrough: viola.


### Robert Greenberg

* [Robert Greenberg](http://www.robertgreenbergmusic.com/): composer, piano.

## Notes

Another fine lecture and performance. It's a great joy to be able to learn more about what makes these works so great...and less of a surprise to understand how they've managed to withstand the test of time and rise to the top of the genre. It also emphasises to me what great shadows has been cast by Haydn, Mozart, dvorak and other giants of chamber music, for relatively few current composers dare to troll in these same waters, as if all the interesting fish have been pulled out. Silly people!

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