Morrison Artists Series: Alexander String Quartet
The world-renowned Alexander String Quartet, celebrating 20 years as quartet-in-residence at SF State, plays its annual Morrison Artists Series concert, featuring a special program including works by SF State faculty and alumni.
Photo by Rory Earnshaw
The Alexander performs regularly at major concert halls throughout the world. Collaborators include Manahem Pressler, Richard Stolzman, David Krakauer, Andrew Speight and Branford Marsalis. Recent recordings include a three-CD set of the Mozart quartets, a six-CD set of the complete Shostakovich quartets, and the complete quartets of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and SF State Professor Emeritus Wayne Peterson.
Program
- Riley
Mythic Birds Waltz - Harrison
selections from String Quartet Set - Festinger
String Quartet No. 1 - Beethoven
String Quartet in F major, Op. 59, No. 1, Razumovsky
Program Notes
- Mythic Birds Waltz, Terry Riley (1935–)
- Selections from String Quartet Set, Lou Harrison (1917–2003)
- String Quartet No. 1, Richard Festinger (1948–)
- String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59, No. 1, Razumovsky, Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Pre-concert talk
Join Ronald Caltabiano, a composer and associate dean of the College of Creative Arts, and Richard Festinger, a composer and professor of Music, for a lecture at 2pm in room 146, Creative Arts Building. Learn more about the music that will be performed later in the afternoon.
