RHAPSODIC MUSINGS

Emerald City Music’s 11th season opens with a vibrant, festive evening of string music, bringing together Seattle and Olympia’s most celebrated string instrumentalists. Featuring works by Grażyna Bacewicz, Antonín Dvořák, and Béla Bartók, the program showcases the virtuosity and power brought through the different formations of the string instruments. At its core is Elliott Carter’s short but electrifying work for solo violin, a striking centerpiece that gives the program its name.

Program

Grażyna Bacewicz Divertimento for String Orchestra (1965)

Antonín Dvořák String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major, Op. 105 (1895)

Elliott Carter Rhapsodic Musings from Four Lauds for solo violin (2000)

Béla Bartók Divertimento for String Orchestra Sz. 113 BB. 118 (1939)

Artists

Blayne Barnes, Sunmi Chang, Pala Garcia, James Garlick, Kristin Lee, Vanessa Moss, violin • David Auerbach, Alexander Grimes, Katie Liu, viola • Efe Baltacigil, Christine Lee, Holly Reeves, cello • Will Langlie-Miletich, double bass

What to Expect

6:30pm | Lobby Opens

7:00pm | Pre-Concert Chat

7:30pm | Performance (two hours with intermission)

Complimentary snacks available. Drinks available for purchase.