Published on Wednesday, February 03, 2010
By The Press-Enterprise
A string quartet will play six works in two concerts in February and April at UCR's University Theatre.
The works of Béla Bartók will performed by the Calder String Quartet -- Benjamin Jacobson, Andrew Bulbrook (violins), Jonathan Moerschel (viola), and Eric Byers (cello). Tickets are $20 per student for both concerns and $40 per person for both concerts for the general public.
Sponsors of the event say the works to be performed were composed over the course of 30 years and embrace both eastern European folk music and the western classical tradition. The six works are staples of the quartet repertoire and are often performed individually. The UC Riverside event is an opportunity to hear them performed together in two sittings.
As quartet-in-residence at the Colburn Conservatory in Los Angeles, the Calder performs twice yearly at Zipper Hall. In December 2008, the group collaborated with Grammy-winning pianist Gloria Cheng on the Thomas Adès quintet
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