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This week: concerts in New York (March 27, 2017 – April 2, 2017)

The Canadian Guitar Quartet

The Canadian Guitar Quartet performs music by Antonio Vivaldi, Hans Brüderl, Renaud Côté-Giguère, Ludwig van Beethoven, Camille Saint-Saëns, Johannes Brahms, and Patrick Roux.
Monday, March 27 at 6:00 PM
Free
Baruch Performing Arts Center, The Rosalyn and Irwin Engelman Recital Hall, 55 Lexington Avenue New York, NY
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Unbound Album Release | Jasper String Quartet

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The Jasper String Quartet celebrates their fourth album, Unbound, which features never-before-recorded works by Donnacha Dennehy, Annie Gosfield, Judd Greenstein, Ted Hearne, David Lang, Missy Mazzoli, and Caroline Shaw.
Tuesday, March 28 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $15-$20
Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY
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The Music of Anna Clyne with Mivos Quartet and Inbal Segev | String Theories

Anna Clyne - Photo by Todd Rosenberg

Anna Clyne – Photo by Todd Rosenberg

For the first evening of the third annual String Theories festival, The String Orchestra of Brooklyn and Mivos Quartet perform string works by composer Anna Clyne, joined by an opening set from cellist Inbal Segev.
Wednesday, March 29 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $15-$20
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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Momenta Quartet & Nefeli Mousura

Momenta Quartet and acclaimed Greek pianist Nefeli Mousura perform works by W.A. Mozart and a world premiere by Ioannis Angelakis.
Wednesday, March 29 at 8:00 PM
Free
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Cary Hall, 450 West 37th Street, New York, NY
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World Premiere by W4 New Music Collective | String Theories

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The world premiere performance of a new work by W4 New Music Collective is the headlining act for The String Orchestra of Brooklyn’s String Theories Festival.
Thursday, March 30 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $15-$20
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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Tan Dun: Terracotta Symphony and Hero Concerto

To celebrate the exhibition Age of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 B.C.–A.D. 220), the Met commissioned a new work from composer Tan Dun—Terracotta Symphony, based on music from his opera, The First Emperor, featuring terra cotta drums sourced specifically for this piece. Also on the program is Hero Concerto for violin and orchestra, with music drawn from Tan Dun’s film score for Zhang Yimou’s Hero.
Friday, March 31 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $65-$85
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, 1000 5th Avenue, New York, NY
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The Argus String Quartet | String Theories

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Argus Quartet: Thomas Kotcheff – scratch cradle

For the closing night of The String Orchestra of Brooklyn’s String Theories Festival, the Argus String Quartet presents an evening of old and new works for string quartet. The Argus String Quartet is featured on The String Orchestra of Brooklyn’s inaugural album, AfterImage, to be released June 21, 2017.
Friday, December 31 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $15-$20
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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Anne-Sophie Mutter

Anne-Sophie Mutter performs a late sonata by Mozart and a work by Sebastian Currier, a composer with whom she has collaborated closely over the course of her career. She will also play Respighi’s Violin Sonata and Saint-Saëns’s Introduction and Rondo capriccioso.
Sunday, April 2 at 2:00 PM
Tickets $25.50-$126
Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Avenue, New York, NY
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Jörg Widmann and Mitsuko Uchida

Jörg Widmann - Photo by Marco Borggreve

Jörg Widmann – Photo by Marco Borggreve

Clarinetist-composer Jörg Widmann and pianist Mitsuko Uchida perform music of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Berg, and Widmann.
Sunday, April 2 at 3:00 PM
Tickets $81-$96
Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall, 881 7th Avenue, New York, NY
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Recently Added | Attacca Quartet

Recently Added is a 3 concert arc. It is an exploration of the complete works of living composers who have made significant additions to the string quartet repertoire. Recently Added is a follow-up to Attacca Quartet’s project called “the 68” where they played the complete string quartets of Haydn. This installment will feature the works of John Adams.
Sunday, April 2 at 3:00 PM
Tickets $35
National Sawdust, 80 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY
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