When: Friday, January 13, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Venue: Memorial United Methodist Church Sanctuary
601 Centre Street – Fernandina Beach, FL – Directions…
Artists: Joel Link, violin; Bryan Lee, violin; Hezekiah Leung, viola; Camden Shaw; cello
Named one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years by BBC Music Magazine, the GRAMMY® nominated Dover Quartet has followed a “practically meteoric” (Strings) trajectory to become one of the most in-demand chamber ensembles in the world. In addition to its faculty role as the Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence at the Curtis Institute of Music, the Dover Quartet holds residencies with the Kennedy Center, Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University, Artosphere, and the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival.
“THE DOVER QUARTET PLAYERS HAVE IT IN THEM TO BECOME THE NEXT GUARNERI STRING QUARTET — THEY’RE THAT GOOD.”— CHICAGO TRIBUNE
The group’s awards include a stunning sweep of all prizes at the 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition, grand and first prizes at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, and prizes at the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition. Its prestigious honors include the Avery Fisher Career Grant, Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award, and Lincoln Center’s Hunt Family Award.
The Dover Quartet’s 2022–23 season includes collaborations with Edgar Meyer, Joseph Conyers, and Haochen Zhang. The group tours Europe twice, including a return to London’s renowned Wigmore Hall and a debut performance in Copenhagen. The quartet recently premiered Steven Mackey’s theatrical-musical work Memoir, alongside arx duo and actor-narrator Natalie Christa. Other recent and upcoming Artist collaborations include Emanuel Ax, Inon Barnaton, Ray Chen, the Escher String Quartet, Bridget Kibbey, Anthony McGill, the Pavel Haas Quartet, Roomful of Teeth, the late Peter Serkin, and Davóne Tines. In addition to two previous albums for the label, Cedille Records releases the third volume of the Dover Quartet’s Beethoven Complete String Quartets recording in October 2022.
The quartet’s recording of The Schumann Quartets for Azica Records was nominated for a GRAMMY®
Award in 2020.
“MASTERLY NUANCED… GUTSY AND EARTHY SOUND.” — WALL STREET JOURNAL
The Dover Quartet appears by arrangement with the Curtis Institute of Music, where it serves as the Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence.
Ticket Price:
$65 ea. General Admission
Program:
Joseph Haydn: Quartet in C major,
Hob.III:77, Op. 76, No. 3 (“Emperor”)
Amy Beach: Quartet for Strings
(In One Movement), Op. 89
-intermission-
Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 5
in E-flat major, Op. 44, No. 3