The Emerson String Quartet will return for an unprecedented 24th Concert Series performance Sunday, Jan. 27 at 3 p.m. in Memorial Chapel.
Special guests Paul Neubauer, viola, and Colin Carr, cello, join violinists Philip Setzer and Eugene Drucker, violist Lawrence Dutton and cellist David Finckel for an evening of music from 19th century composer Johannes Brahms.
On the bill are Brahms’ Sextet for Strings No. 1 in B-flat Major, op. 18 and Sextet for Strings No. 2 in G Major, op. 36, “Agathe.”
Formed in 1976, the Emerson String Quartet took its name from the American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. The ensemble has won seven Grammy Awards, including two for Best Classical Album, and three Gramophone Awards.
Violist Paul Neubauer became the youngest principal string player in the history of the New York Philharmonic at 21. He has appeared with more than 100 orchestras throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. He is the orchestra and chamber music director of the OK Mozart Festival in Bartlesville, Okla., and is on the faculty of The Juilliard School and Mannes College.
Colin Carr appears throughout the world as soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and teacher. He recorded and toured extensively for 20 years with the Golub-Kaplan-Carr Trio and is the winner of many prestigious international awards. His cello was made by Matteo Gofriller in Venice in 1730.
This concert is free for the Union College community, $25 for general admission and $10 for area students. For tickets, call ext. 6080; for more information, call 372-3651 or visit http://www.union.edu/ConcertSeries.