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Harlem Quartet

March 31, 2017, 7:30 pm

Location Alexander Kasser Theater

SponsorPeak PerformancesCost$20; no charge for undergraduates when you show your valid MSU ID at the box office, courtesy of your Performing Arts FeeMore Informationhttp:/‌/‌www.peakperfs.org/‌peak-programming-2016-17/‌all-terrain/‌Posted InPeak Performances

Ticketshttp://peakperfs.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=1631&ActCode=129632ArtistAll Terrain String Festival: Bolcom 4 x 4

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What defines the Harlem Quartet? Superb musicianship, a genre-bending repertoire, and performances that audiences describe as pure delight. Founded with a mission to advance diversity in classical music and engage new audiences with works by minority composers, this versatile ensemble easily transitions from classical music to jazzier fare. Its virtuosity and range are on full display in this program of works by Mozart, William Bolcom, jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie, Latin American composers Rafael Hernández Marín and Abelardo Valdés, and a grand finale by contemporary music giant Osvaldo Golijov featuring the Shanghai Quartet and jazz bassist John Patitucci.

THE PROGRAM

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
String Quartet no. 17 in B-flat Major, K.458 "The Hunt"

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (1917 – 1993)
A Night in Tunisia

Rafael Hernández Marín (1892 – 1965)
El Cumbanchero

Abelardo Valdés (1911 – 1958)
Almendra

William Bolcom (b. 1938)
Three Rags for String Quartet

Osvaldo Golijov (b. 1960)
Last Round
with the Shanghai Quartet and John Patitucci, bass