October 1, 2004: Volume 62, Number 4

Chamber music series to open Oct. 9

Chamber music fans will have a rare privilege at this year's Union College Concert Series as the acclaimed series features the complete Mendelssohn String Quartets performed in two concerts by the Emerson String Quartet.

The Emerson, a perennial favorite of the Union series, will perform on consecutive Sundays, Jan. 30 and Feb. 6, both at 3 p.m., in Union's Memorial Chapel.

The concert by the Emerson coincides with their CD release of the Mendelssohn works on Deutsche Grammophon. The quartet this year received the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize for outstanding achievement, the first time the award has gone to an ensemble.

The 16-concert season opens on Saturday, Oct. 9, at 8 p.m. with a performance by violinist Chee-Yun and pianist Barry Douglas. It concludes on Thursday, May 26, at 8 p.m. with the Meininger Trio. (This last concert was added to the schedule after the printing of the season brochure.)

Series favorites, pianists Yefim Bronfman and Arnaldo Cohen will be returning, while new to the series is world renowned Polish pianist Krystian Zimerman. The Boston Camerata will make their 17th annual appearance in the series.

All concerts are in the acoustically-superb Memorial Chapel. Parking is available at nearby campus lots. The Union College trolley will be available to shuttle concert goers from the Nott/Seward lot one hour before the start of the concert and one hour after the end of each concert.

The complete schedule is on the web at http://www.union.edu/ConcertSeries/.

Single tickets are available for purchase in advance at the Union College Central Scheduling office. For tickets, phone (518) 388-6098; for mailing list and brochures (518) 388-6131; and for other information please call (518) 372-3651.

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