Takács Quartet

NOTE LOCATION: Hertz Hall
The peerless Takács Quartet welcomes its newest member, second violinist Harumi Rhodes—the players’ distinguished colleague at the University of Colorado Boulder–following the May 2018 retirement of founding member Károly Schranz after a career spanning more than 40 years. “We are thrilled that Harumi has accepted our invitation,” members of the group said. “She is a wonderfully versatile violinist and chamber musician.”
HAYDN Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4
BARTÓK Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 7, Sz. 40, BB 52
GRIEG Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27
Grieg’s daring, dense Quartet No. 1 is a rarely performed gem, and Bartók’s Quartet No. 1 was his first major work to employ folk rhythms and melodies encountered during his excursions to the Hungarian countryside. The fourth of Haydn’s imaginative Op. 20 quartets finds the composer at the height of his powers.
HAYDN Quartet in G Major, Op. 76, No. 1
BARTÓK Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114, BB 119
MENDELSSOHN Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
For its second program, the quartet performs Bartók’s fiery final quartet, and the last major work Mendelssohn composed before his death, an eloquent eulogy to his beloved sister Fanny. The first of Haydn’s Op. 76 quartets is grand in vision, and full of surprises.