Telegraph Quartet at Herbst Theatre, January 31, 2017

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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