# Alexander String Quartet at St. John's Presbyterian Church, January 28, 2017

[San Francisco Performances](http://www.sfperformances.org/performances/1617/ASQBerkeley.html) presents a lecture by [Robert Greenberg](http://www.robertgreenbergmusic.com/) and performance by the [Alexander String Quartet](http://www.asq4.com/)  
[St. John's Presbyterian Church](http://www.stjohnsberkeley.org)  
[2727 College Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705-1247 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2727+College+Ave,+Berkeley,+CA+94705-1247+USA&hl=en)  
10:00 AM, Saturday, January 28, 2017

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## Tentative Program

* Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in A minor, Op. 132
* George Rochberg: Quartet No. 3 

## Set One: Beethoven: Quartet in A minor, Op. 132

[10:03 AM band onstage; pause for RG]

01. [10:05 AM] Lecture by Robert Greenberg  
[ends 10:38 AM, pause for tuning]

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 (1825)

01. [10:39 AM] _Allegro_
02. [10:48 AM] _Allegro ma non tanto_
03. [10:56 AM] _Molto Adagio; Andante_
04. [11:12 AM] _Alla marcia, assai vivace_
05. [11:14 AM] _Allegro appassionato; Presto_  
[set ends 11:21 AM]

## Set Two: Rochberg: Quartet No. 3

01. [11:46 AM] Lecture by Robert Greenberg  
[ends 12:27 PM, pause for tuning]

George Rochberg (1918-2005): String Quartet No. 3, 1971 (excerpt)

03. [12:27 PM] 3rd Movement: _Variations_  
[show ends 12:40 PM; applause for a minute or so, then all off]


## 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/): lecturer.


## Notes

Another pleasant morning in Berkeley. Kinda bright in the church today, what with reflected light bouncing in through the big side windows of the church. Probably would have been more comfortable if I'd put my sunglasses on, but that seemed just a little sacrilegious, so I settled for squinting or keeping my eyes shut most of the time instead.

I was surprised that the second half of the program was abridged -- although Greenberg talked about the entire Rocheberg piece and had ASQ play many musical excerpts, they ultimately performed only the 3rd Movemement. Maybe the church had another event scheduled and asked to make sure that things were wrapped up by 1 PM? I dunno. Seemed kinda strange to me.

[Program Notes](http://sfperformances.org/img/perfnotes/1617/ASQBerkeleyNotes.pdf)

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