San Francisco Performances presents the Telegraph Quartet
Herbst Theatre
Veterans' Building, San Francisco War Memorial Performing Arts Center, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102-4522 USA
7:30 PM, Tuesday, January 31, 2017

• Anton Webern: Five Movements for Strings, Opus 5
• Alban Berg: String Quartet, Opus 3
• Franz Schubert: String Quartet in D minor, D. 810 Death and the Maiden

• Kirchner String Quartet No. 1 replaces the originally announced Berg work

[7:32 PM lights down, announcements by Melanie Smith, band out]

Anton Webern (1883-1945): Five Movements for Strings, Opus 5 (1909)

1. [7:35 PM] Heftig bewegt
2. [7:38 PM] Sehr langsam
3. [7:40 PM] Sehr bewegt
4. [7:41 PM] Sehr langsam
5. [7:43 PM] In zarter Bewegung
   [work ends 7:47 PM]
   [7:48 PM Comments from Joseph Maile about tonight's program]

Leon Kirchner (1919-2009): String Quartet No. 1

1. [7:52 PM] Allegro ma non troppo »
2. [7:57 PM] Adagio »
3. [8:02 PM] Divertimento »
4. [8:05 PM] Adagio
   [set ends 8:11 PM; all off after a minute or two for applause]

[8:35 PM lights down, band out]

Franz Schubert (1797-1828): String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 (1826)

1. [8:36 PM] Allegro
2. [8:48 PM] Andante con moto
3. [9:02 PM] Scherzo: Allegro - Trio
4. [9:07 PM] Presto - Prestissimo
   [set ends 9:16 PM]
    
   Encore
   [9:18 PM Joseph Maile introduces the final piece]
5. [9:18 PM] Benjamin Britten: Three Divertimenti, for string quartet (1933, revised 1936), 2nd Movement, Waltz
   [show ends 9:22 PM]

Telegraph Quartet

• Eric Chin: violin;
• Pei-Ling Lin: viola;
• Joseph Maile: violin;
• Jeremiah Shaw: cello.

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Program Notes

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