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*$15 할인 코드 Discount code Yang15
Next Wed. and Fri., May 3 & 5:
The Alexander String Quartet performs at Baruch Performing Arts Center's 
intimate Engelman Recital Hall

Two unique all-Mozart programs feature the "Prussian" Quartets (K.575, 589, and 590), Hoffmeister Quartet (K.499) and the two ground-breaking Piano Quartets (K.478 and 493) with Joyce Yang

Tune in to WWFM on May 2 at 4 PM for an interview with ASQ cellist Sandy Wilson
"An unusually fine group - musically, technically, in just about any way one wants to view it." - The New York Times
Cliburn Silver Medalist, Joyce Yang
The Baruch Performing Arts Center (BPAC) presents the Alexander String Quartet in two concerts, Wednesday, May 3 and Friday, May 5. Each evening showcases BPAC's quartet-in-residence performing two all-Mozart programs along with Cliburn-silver medalist Joyce Yang.

Both concerts begin at 7:30 pm at BPAC's Engelman Recital Hall, 55 Lexington Avenue (enter on 25th Street between 3rd and Lexington Avenues, on the south side of the street) in the heart of Manhattan. Praised for its superb acoustics and intimacy, the Rosalyn and Irwin Engelman Recital Hall has been called "a perfect hall for chamber music" by Anthony Tommasini of The New York Times. Tickets range from $35 for general admission to $15 for students and are available at www.baruch.cuny.edu/bpac/.

Alexander String Quartet performs Mozart's String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K.575
Alexander String Quartet performs Mozart's String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K.575
On Wednesday, May 3, the Alexander String Quartet performs Mozart's 'Hoffmeister' Quartet' (K.499) along with the second 'Prussian Quartet' (K.589). Rounding-out the program, ASQ tags in all-star pianist Joyce Yang for the genre-defining Quartet for Piano & Strings No. 1 in G minor (K.478). Two days later, on Friday, May 5, the Alexanders complete the 'Prussian' cycle with performances of Mozart's String Quartets Nos. 21 (K.575) and 23 (K.590). Mozart's quartets Nos. 21-23, nicknamed the "Prussian Quartets", were written between 1789-90 and dedicated to the King of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm II, who himself was an amateur cellist. Joyce Yang once again joins the group for the Quartet for Piano & Strings No. 2 in E-flat major (K.493). 

Alexander String Quartet
Tune in to WWFM radio on Tuesday, May 2beginning at 4 PM to hear ASQ cellist Sandy Wilson discuss Mozart's music with host David Osenberg, and learn more about the Alexander String Quartet and these programs in an online interview.
  
Celebrating its 35th anniversary, the Alexander String Quartet has performed in the major music capitals of five continents, securing their standing among the world's premier ensembles. Widely admired for its interpretations of Beethoven, Mozart, Shostakovich, and Brahms, the quartet's recordings of the Beethoven cycle, Bartók, and Shostakovich cycles have won international critical acclaim. The quartet has also established itself as an important advocate of new music through over 30 commissions from such composers as Augusta Read Thomas, Martin Bresnick, and Pulitzer prize-winner, Wayne Peterson.

Blessed with "poetic and sensitive pianism" (Washington Post) and a "wondrous sense of color" (San Francisco Classical Voice), pianist Joyce Yang captivates audiences with her virtuosity, lyricism, and interpretive sensitivity. As a Van Cliburn International Piano Competition silver medalist and Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient, Yang showcases her colorful musical personality in solo recitals and collaborations with the world's top orchestras and chamber musicians.
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Baruch Performing Arts Center
The Rosalyn and Irwin Engelman Recital Hall
55 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10010
(enter at 25th Street between 3rd and Lexington Avenues)

Alexander String Quartet with Pianist Joyce Yang

Tickets available at this link
$35 gen public; Alum $30; Staff: $25; Students $15 
*$15 Discount code Yang15

Wednesday, May 3, 2017, 7:30 pm

Mozart: String Quartet No. 20 in D major, K. 499
Mozart: String Quartet No. 22 in B-flat major K. 589
Mozart: Quartet for Piano & Strings No. 1 in G minor, K. 478 (with Joyce Yang, piano)

Friday, May 5, 2017, 7:30 pm

Mozart: String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K. 575
Mozart: String Quartet No. 23 in F major, K. 590
Mozart: Quartet for Piano & Strings No. 2 in E-flat major, K. 493 (with Joyce Yang, piano)
Coming Up at Baruch Performing Arts Center
May 16 | Nocturnes
Join visual artist Rosalyn Engelman, to explore her creative process through music, conversation and the documentary Rosalyn Engelman: The Color of Memory. Nocturnes by Chopin, Faure and Lowell Liebermann will be performed by pianist David Shimoni.

Heartbeat Opera, a visionary young company that brings opera into the 21st century, will breathe new life into two classics - Carmen and Madame Butterfly - infusing them with its trademark boldness, intelligence, warmth and elegance.
Baruch Performing Arts Center
Baruch Performing Arts Center (BPAC) has presented and produced over 1,000 cultural programs across the performing arts since 2003, including theatre companies such as the National Asian American Theatre Company, Folksbiene, New Georges,The Acting Company, Aquilla and MCC, and the Dzul Dance and Jose Limon dance companies.  BPAC hosts residencies for the making of new dance, which includes Urban Bush Women and Pigeonwing in 2016-17 with the support of the CUNY Dance Initiative. 

BPAC is the New York home of the Alexander String Quartet and presents a 2016-17 chamber music season including The Israeli Chamber Project, two annual Silberman Concert Series presentations, and the innovative Cantata Profana. In addition, BPAC offers a jazz series named for bassist and late Baruch faculty member Milt Hinton, which has featured artists such as the Grammy-Award-winning Turtle Island Quartet. Talk programs have included writers Amitav Ghosh and Colum McCann, actress Linda Lavin, and thought leaders such as Gloria Steinem, and U. N. Secretary General Kofi Annan.