Escher String Quartet

January 19, 2025 ∙ 2pm

with 1:15 pre-concert forum

The famed ESQ is known for its profound musical insight and rare tonal beauty. A former BBC New Generation Artist and recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, the quartet is a regular guest at Wigmore Hall. In its hometown of New York, the ensemble serves as season artists of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Joining the quartet are David Speltz (cello) and Connie Kupka (viola), principals in the ICS Orchestra and the parents of Brendan (violin) and Brook Speltz (cello), to perform the brilliant Tchaikovsky “Sextet in D minor, Op. 70, ‘Souvenir de Florence,’” which is “frightfully difficult” according to its composer.



Tickets are $50, youth 18 and under $5
(limited youth tickets - please reserve in advance)
Youth must be seated with a supervising adult.

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Seventh-day Adventist Church, 12889 Osborne Rd, Grass Valley

Program (subject to change):

Andante & Scherzo, Op. 81
Mendelssohn

Quartet in b minor, Op. 11
Barber

String Sextet (from Capriccio, Op. 85)
Strauss

INTERMISSION

String Sextet, Op. 70
Tchaikovsky

Escher String Quartet appears by arrangement with Arts Management Group.
www.artsmg.com ∙ www.escherquartet.com

Thank you to our Sponsors:
Season sponsors: Barbara & Denis Drew, Dr. George & Jo Ann Rebane, and Jeff Leiter & Diane Robertson
Concert sponsors: Lisbeth Noel & Cheryl Morris