Quartet ES makes its Music on the hill debut with this program of commissioned works, classics, and ending with the Mendelssohn Octet.

Program:

Florence Price (1887-1953) “Shortnin’ Bread” from Five Folk Songs in Counterpoint

George Walker (1922-2018) Lament from Quartet No. 1

Errollyn Wallen (b. 1958) Are you Worried About the Rising Costs of Funerals? I. Guru II. Beehive with Diana McVey, soprano

Sarah Gibson (b. 1987) Whirlpool

Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Quartettsatz No. 12 in C Minor, D. 703

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) String Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20 With Kristen Pellegrino and Lina Bahn, violins; Sebastian Ruth, viola; Trevor Handy, cello