Chamber music fans will have a
rare privilege at this year's Union College Concert Series as the acclaimed series
features the complete Mendelssohn String Quartets performed in two concerts by
the Emerson String Quartet.
The Emerson, a perennial favorite
of the Union series, will perform on consecutive Sundays, Jan. 30 and Feb. 6,
both at 3 p.m., in Union's
Memorial Chapel.
The concert by the Emerson
coincides with their CD release of the Mendelssohn works on Deutsche
Grammophon. The quartet this year received the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize
for outstanding achievement, the first time the award has gone to an ensemble.
The 16-concert season opens on
Saturday, Oct. 9, at 8 p.m. with a
performance by violinist Chee-Yun and pianist Barry Douglas. It concludes on
Thursday, May 26, at 8 p.m. with the
Meininger Trio. (This last concert was added to the schedule after the printing
of the season brochure.)
Series favorites, pianists Yefim
Bronfman and Arnaldo Cohen will be returning, while new to the series is world
renowned Polish pianist Krystian Zimerman. The Boston Camerata will make their
17th annual appearance in the series.
All concerts are in the
acoustically-superb Memorial Chapel. Parking is available at nearby campus
lots. The Union College
trolley will be available to shuttle concert goers from the Nott/Seward lot one
hour before the start of the concert and one hour after the end of each
concert.
The complete schedule is on the web at http://www.union.edu/ConcertSeries/.
Single tickets are available for
purchase in advance at the Union College Central Scheduling office. For tickets,
phone (518) 388-6098; for mailing list and brochures (518) 388-6131; and for
other information please call (518) 372-3651.