# St. Lawrence String Quartet with Tyler Duncan and Erika Switzer at Bing Concert Hall, May 7, 2017

[Stanford University Live](http://live.stanford.edu/calendar/may-2017/st-lawrence-string-quartet) presents the [St. Lawrence String Quartet](http://slsq.com/) with [Tyler Duncan](http://www.tylerduncan.ca/) and [Erika Switzer](http://www.erikaswitzer.com/)  
[Bing Concert Hall](http://live.stanford.edu/bingconcerthall/)  
[Stanford University, 327 Lasuen St, Stanford, CA 94305-5005 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Stanford+University,+327+Lasuen+St,+Stanford,+CA+94305-5005+USA&hl=en)  
2:30 PM, Sunday, May 7, 2017

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## Tentative Program

* Adams: Second Quartet
* Fauré: La bonne chanson, op. 61
* Haydn: String Quartet in A Major, op. 20, no. 6
* Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, op. 135

## Set One

[2:35 PM lights down, band out]

### Fauré: La bonne chanson

Gabriel Fauré: _La bonne chanson (The Good Song)_, op. 61 (1892–1894)

01. [2:36 PM] _Une sainte en son auréole_
02. [2:39 PM] _Puisque l’aube grandit_
03. [2:41 PM] _La lune blanche_
04. [2:43 PM] _J’allais par des chemins perfides_
05. [2:46 PM] _J’ai presque peur, en vérité_
06. [2:48 PM] _Avant que tu ne t’en ailles_
07. [2:51 PM] _Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d’été_
08. [2:54 PM] _N’est-ce pas?_
09. [2:56 PM] _L’hiver a cessé_  
[piece ends 2:59 PM; bows and applause, then all off in a minute]

[3:01 PM, Jeff Nuttall back onstage to explain that the Golijov piece will be scratched from today's program on account of Tyler Duncan's illness; in the meantime, the stage crew removes the piano and other extraneous equipment from onstage]

[3:05 PM, SLSQ returns]

### John Adams: Second Quartet

John Adams: Second Quartet (2014)

01. [3:06 PM] _Allegro molto_
02. [3:14 PM] _Andantino – Energico_  
[piece ends 3:27 PM]

[John Adam's page about this work](https://www.earbox.com/second-quartet/)

## Set Two

[3:48 PM lights down, band out]

<del>### Golijov: Drag Down the Sky</del>

<del>Osvaldo Golijov: _Drag Down the Sky_ (2016); text by Connor McPherson, with excerpts from _the Book of Job_</del>

<del>01. [3:m PM] _opus_</del>

### Beethoven: String Quartet No.16

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No.16 in F, op. 135 (1826)

01. [3:49 PM] _Allegretto_
02. [3:55 PM] _Vivace_
03. [3:59 PM] _Lento assai, cantanto e tranquillo_
04. [4:06 PM] _Grave, ma non troppo tratto – Allegro_  
[show ends 4:12 PM; multiple ovations, no encore]


## Performers

### St. Lawrence String Quartet

[St. Lawrence String Quartet](http://slsq.com/)

* [Christopher Costanza](https://costanzabach.stanford.edu/): cello;
* [Owen Dalby](http://owendalby.com/): violin;
* Geoff Nuttall: violin;
* Lesley Robertson: viola.

### Special Guests

* [Tyler Duncan](http://www.tylerduncan.ca/): baritone vox;
* [Erika Switzer](http://www.erikaswitzer.com/): piano.

## Notes

Interesting show this afternoon.

While it's not my usual thing, the opening work by Fauré was interesting enough that I was annoyed to find that the program notes omitted both the lyrics and translations from French. Dunderheads! Am I supposed to look things up on the fly myself? Good thing the hall offers free wi-fi to guests....And I was shocked to hear Jeff Nuttall say that Tyler Duncan was too ill to perform the Golijov work scheduled for the second half (in it's West Coast premiere, double-drat!) -- I'd noticed him sipping water in between several movements of the Fauré, but hadn't noticed any sort of issue with his voice. Guess that just shows my inexperience as a listener, eh? If Tyler needs to scratch himself from the lineup, far be it from me to insist that the show must go on... It looks to me as if the World Premiere performance (from Spoleto, last summer) will be [broadcast via PRX](https://radionetwork.wfmt.com/programs/spoleto-chamber-music/) sometime this summer -- hopefully I'll catch it on KALW when it comes 'round!

Anyways, I think the distraction of the announcement must have really discombobulated me, because I have hardly any recollection of the Adams piece (the main reason I picked this show!), only a vague thought that I like _Shaker Loops_ and _Road Movies_ better.

The closing Beethoven was very nice, but as I've mentioned elsewhere, I'm not a huge fan of this particular piece. Must I listen? Yes, I must, but I might prefer hearing one of the three earlier Razumovsky's instead.

I was more than a little surprised when the quartet ended the show without an encore. I'd assumed that dropping 20 minutes (the Golijov work) from the day's programming would guarantee us a little something extra, but apparently I was wrong. Dang me again.

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