Melodic Alchemy

Franz Schubert | String Quartet No. 13 in A Minor ‘Rosamunde’
Caroline Shaw | Entr’acte
Alexander Borodin | String Quartet No. 2 in D Major

The mysterious alchemy of an exquisite melody is a touch of genius that can evoke our most complex emotions. The bittersweet melodies of Franz Schubert’s ‘Rosamunde’ Quartet open this program in a world of beauty and longing. Caroline Shaw takes the fleeting inspiration of a moment of Haydn through her personal looking glass into a world of abstraction in Entr’acte, and Alexander Borodin’s beloved second string quartet abounds with effortless melodies from the opening movement through the stunning Nocturne that showcase his compositional virtuosity.