IVES QUARTET WINTER SERIES 2010-2011 Season “Resonate”
FOR RELEASE FEBRUARY 2, 2011
Contact Pam Lampkin, Administrative/Development Director
February 2, 2011
Phone: (650) 224.7849
Plivesquartet80@gmail.com
IVES QUARTET WINTER SERIES
2010-2011 Season “Resonate”
Palo Alto, February 2, 2011 – The Ives Quartet continues its tradition of presenting under-appreciated gems and neglected scores alongside well-known and much loved works of the string quartet canon in it’s Winter Peninsula Series.
Winter Series Program:
Friday, February 25, 8PM, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado, Palo Alto
Sunday, February 27, 7PM, Le Petit Trianon, 72 North Fifth Street, San Jose
Mozart’s Quartet in C Major, K. 465, “Dissonance,” the last of the six remarkable quartets dedicated to Haydn, takes its name from the poignant, slow introduction, which serves as a foil to one of his most ebullient movements and most brilliant quartet. No wonder it’s an all time favorite. Rebecca Clarke, a prominent violist, performed with Casals, Heifetz and Myra Hess. The Ives Quartet brings to light her Romantic Pieces: Comodo et amabile, Poem, which, given the climate for woman composers in the early 20th century, was first published under a male pseudonym.
“In the name of the gods of music, and in mine, do not touch a single note of what you have written in your quartet,” Debussy told a young Ravel. He didn’t and his only Quartet – in F, became a universally beloved work—a masterpiece of suave melodies, exotic sonorities and piquant rhythms.
Winter Salon:
Join us in the intimacy of a beautiful historical Palo Alto home, champagne at hand, and world-class chamber musicians just feet away in fervent musical conversation.
Salon 2: Sunday, April 3, 2011, 2 PM
Bay Area Composer Elinor Armer and a new work composed for the Ives Quartet.
About the Ives Quartet:
Superb artistry, performance passion, a spirit of musical adventure, warmth of tone and interpretation and smart programming have been hallmarks of the Ives Quartet’s first decade of music making.
The Ives Quartet comprises Bettina Mussumeli and Susan Freier, Violins; Jodi Levitz, Viola; and Stephen Harrison, Cello. The Quartet’s musicians enjoy dual careers in the US and Europe, making Ives Quartet concerts an inviting combination of old-world sophistication and a uniquely pioneering American panache that audiences and critics find irresistible.
Inspired by the passionate artistic commitment and unique temperament of American composer Charles Ives (1874–1954), the Ives Quartet creates powerful live-music experiences through the presentation of fresh and thoughtful interpretations of carefully curated repertory to American and international audiences. It has established a reputation for passion, high-voltage playing, and provocative programming, winning accolades for performances that show both “super-refinement” and “visceral, rock-and-roll intensity.”
The Ives Quartet is an independent non-profit, 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Subscriptions and Single:
3 Concert Subscription package:
General: $60
Senior, 65+: $45
Student, (13-24 with ID): $30
Single tickets:
General: $25
Senior, 65+: $20
Student: (13-24 with ID) $15
Children 12 and under free.
Salon tickets:
With subscription package: $30/ticket
Without subscription: $40/ticket
Purchase Tickets:
Ives Quartet, P.O. Box 60464, Palo Alto, CA 94306
Phone: (650) 224-7849 Web: http://www.ivescollective.org/tickets.htm
Seating is by general admission. Box Office opens one hour before concerts.
Parking is convenient and free. All concert venues are wheelchair accessible.
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