Spivey Hall at Clayton State University

Daedalus Quartet

Season Opening Celebration

Saturday, September 20, 2008
8:15PM
Spivey Hall Debut
Pre Concert Talk - 7:15PM

$40

Spivey Hall's 2008-2009 Season Opening Celebration on Saturday, September 20, 2008 showcases the Daedalus Quartet, winner of the 2001 Banff International String Quartet Competition, and former resident quartet of Columbia University and Lincoln Center's Chamber Music Society Two. The Daedalus Quartet (Min-Young Kim and Kyu-Young Kim, violins; Jessica Thompson, viola; and Raman Ramakrishnan, cello) takes its name from the mythical Greek inventor, artist, and architect who created the art of sculpture, designed the Labyrinth, and (above all) regained his freedom by devising wings that enabled him to fly. A Washington Post concert review declared: "The Daedalus Quartet seemed it was flying... not on wings of waxy feathers, but rather on jet-propelled rockets of blistering virtuosity.... The music rang gloriously, and the audience emerged wowed and grateful." In their Spivey Hall debut, the musicians perform string quartets by Haydn and Janacek, and the program concludes with Schubert's ebullient "Trout" Quintet featuring the outstanding young Jerusalem-born pianist Benjamin Hochman and Hawaii-native double-bassist Kurt Muroki. A post-concert reception for the entire audience, hosted by the Spivey Foundation, adds to the pleasure of the evening's festivities.

HAYDN String Quartet in G minor, Op. 20 No. 3; JANACEK String Quartet No. 2, "Intimate Letters"; SCHUBERT "Trout" Quintet in A major, D 667

Friends of Spivey Hall Concert Sponsors: Cecilia R. Raxter & Charles R. Hubert

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