November 15, 2002: Volume 56, Number 10

Pacifica String Quartet performs Nov. 24

The Pacifica String Quartet with pianist Ursula Oppens will perform on Sunday, Nov. 24, at 3 p.m. in Union College's Memorial Chapel.

The concert, part of the Union College chamber concert series, will feature a program of works including Berio's Sonata per Pianoforte; Schumann's Sonata No. 2 in g; Mendelssohn's String Quartet in e, Op. 44, No. 2; Elliott Carter's String Quartet No. 2; and Dvorak's Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81.

Members are Simin Ganatra and Sibbi Bernhardsson, violins; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; and Brandon Vamos, cello.

Oppens, who has won equal renown as an interpreter of the established repertoire and a champion of contemporary music, this year appears as a soloist with orchestras in West Virginia, Illinois, Maryland, Iowa and Washington. Besides her ambitious performance schedule, she is the John Evans Distinguished Professor of Music at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.

Tickets, at $20 ($8 for students), are available at the door. For more information, call (518) 372-3651.

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