The Pacifica String Quartet with
pianist Ursula Oppens will perform on Sunday, Nov. 24, at 3 p.m. in Union
College's Memorial Chapel.
The concert, part of the Union
College chamber concert series, will feature a program of works including
Berio's Sonata per Pianoforte; Schumann's
Sonata No. 2 in g; Mendelssohn's String Quartet in e, Op. 44, No. 2; Elliott
Carter's String Quartet No. 2; and
Dvorak's Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81.
Members are Simin Ganatra and
Sibbi Bernhardsson, violins; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; and Brandon Vamos,
cello.
Oppens, who has won equal renown
as an interpreter of the established repertoire and a champion of contemporary
music, this year appears as a soloist with orchestras in West
Virginia, Illinois,
Maryland, Iowa
and Washington. Besides her
ambitious performance schedule, she is the John Evans Distinguished Professor
of Music at Northwestern University
in Evanston, Ill.
Tickets, at $20 ($8 for students),
are available at the door. For more information, call (518) 372-3651.