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

SFPerformances presents Alexander String Quartet
2014-12-20
St. John's Presbyterian Church
2727 College Ave, Berkeley, CA
10:00 AM, Saturday, December 20, 2014

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

[10:01 AM announcements from Ruth Felt]

1. [10:03 AM] (lecture)

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

1. [10:29 AM] Allegro
2. [10:36 AM] Menuetto and Trio
3. [10:42 AM] Andante
4. [10:55 AM] Allegro non troppo
   [set ends 11:01 AM; applause, then off after a minute or so]

1. [11:24 AM] (lecture)

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

1. [12:05 PM] Adagio-Allegro
2. [12:15 PM] Andante cantabile
3. [12:23 PM] Menuetto. Allegro
4. [12:28 PM] Allegro molto
   [show ends 12:35 PM; applause, then off at 12:37 PM]

Alexander String Quartet

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

• Robert Greenberg: composer, piano.

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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