SFPerformances presents Alexander String Quartet
2014-12-13
St. John's Presbyterian Church
2727 College Ave, Berkeley, CA
10:00 AM, Saturday, December 13, 2014

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• Mozart: Quartet No. 16 in E-flat Major, K. 428
• Mozart: Quartet No. 17 in B flat Major, K. 458 “Hunt”

[10:02 AM lights down, announcements from Ruth Felt]

1. [10:04 AM] (lecture)

Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791): Quartet No. 16 in E-flat Major, K. 428 (1783)

1. [10:40 AM] Allegro non troppo
2. [10:48 AM] Andante con moto
3. [10:56 AM] Menuetto: Allegro
4. [11:03 AM] Allegro vivace
   [set ends 11:08 AM; applause, then off after a minute or so]

[11:30 AM lights down]

1. [11:34 AM] (lecture)

Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791): Quartet No. 17 in B flat Major, K. 458 (1785) “Hunt”

1. [12:03 PM] Allegro vivace assai
2. [12:12 PM] Menuetto: Moderato
3. [12:17 PM] Adagio
4. [12:23 PM] Allegro assai
   [show ends 12:30 PM; applause, then off after a minute or so]

Alexander String Quartet

• Zakarias Grafilo: violin;
• Frederick Lifsitz: violin; (absent due to illness)
• Sandy Wilson: cello;
• Paul Yarbrough: viola;
• with special guest -
• Liana Bérubé: violin.

• Robert Greenberg: lecturer.

Another fine talk from RG to set the scene for today's first set, coupled with an excellent presentation by the quartet. Huzzah!

And the second set was even better than the first, as Greenberg took great care in laying out exactly why Mozart might have enjoyed a day off hunting and then decided to use that motif as the basis of K. 458. Good show old chap! Well met! Shall we do it again next weekend? Right then. Off we go!

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2014 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2014 event list! ☸ On to the next event!