Chamber Concert Series to end on high note with Emerson String Quartet tonight

The acclaimed Emerson String Quartet will perform at Memorial Chapel Thursday, May 10 at 8 p.m., the final performance in the College’s 35th International Festival of Chamber Music Concert Series.

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The Grammy-winning New York City-based quartet performed “All-Beethoven, Part I” in February, and it now completes its two-concert recital with Beethoven’s “String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132” and “String Quartet in B flat, Op. 130 with Grosse Fuge, Op. 133.”

The New York Times has called Emerson “technically resourceful, musically insightful, cohesive, full of character and always interesting.”

Formed in 1976, the group features violinists and co-founding members Eugene Drucker and Philip Setzer. Lawrence Dutton, viola, joined the group in 1977, and cellist David Finckel joined in 1979.

The concert is free for the Union community, $25 for general admission and $10 for area students. For tickets, call ext. 6080; for information, call 372-3651 or visit http://www.union.edu/ConcertSeries/.