SALON CONCERT, RECEPTION & ART VIEWING
The Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet

6:00 - 8:30 pm, October 30, 2014

The Algonquin Club of Boston
217 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston 02116

Join the BR Cultural Partnership for a very special performance by the renowned Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet from St. Petersburg. 2014 marks the 75th anniversary of the founding, in 1939, of the ensemble. We are honored to host the last concert of the quartet's tour of the US and Canada--the most recent of many--and celebrate its contributions to the musical life of St. Petersburg, as well as to the appreciation of Russian music in the US. The evening will also include a wine and cheese reception and art viewing of works by artists from St. Petersburg.

6:00 pm   Wine & cheese reception and art viewing
7:00 pm   Concert. Program to include:
   Aleksandr Glazunov              Quartet #5 Op.70
  Thomas L.Read                        Concert Champêtre
                                                         with special guest, Aaron Larget-Caplan
   Igor Stravinsky                      Three pieces for string quartet[1914]
   Luigi Boccherini                    Guitar quintet #4 in D, "Fandango"
                                                         with special guest, Aaron Larget-Caplan
    Selected pieces from Nikolay Artzybushev's "Les Vendredis"
8:00 pm   Q&A with the musicians, coffee and networking

The Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet, formed in 1939, is a monument of Russian musical history. Composed of four graduates from the prestigious St. Petersburg Conservatory, they regularly perform in the most reputable festivals in Russia, Germany, France, Italy, Malta, England, Switzerland and Finland. Their varied repertoire, ranging from Russian music of the 19th and early 20th centuries to contemporary composers, is enthusiastically enjoyed by a wide range of audiences.

The present members Mikhail Bondarev (violin), Ekaterina Belisova (violin), Alexei Popov (viola), Anton Andreev (cello) are steeped in the grand tradition of Russian music making, achieving organic and convincing interpretations of a diverse repertoire of masterworks, Russian classics, and contemporary masters. The Quartet especially champions Russian composers, with the core of their repertoire being the music of Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, Taneyev and Stravinsky. They also perform lesser-known masterworks of Glinka, Alabiev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Gretchaninov, Miaskovsky and Mossolov, as well as music by contemporary and classical international composers. The Quartet regularly collaborates with outstanding musicians from around the world, and has made many professional sound recordings released on labels in Germany, the United States, France, and Russia. Read more.

Aaron Larget-Caplan has been called “a riveting artist…not to be missed” by the Washington Post and composer Thomas Schuttenhelm says “Aaron is the ideal 21st century artist”. Born in Oklahoma and raised in Colorado, Mr. Larget-Caplan is the founder of the New Lullaby Project, the Spanish music and flamenco dance ensemble ¡Con Fuego! and Greater Boston House Concerts. Recent performances as a soloist and chamber include Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia, Sicily and Mantova, Italy, and throughout the United States. Aaron has premiered over 50 new compositions, many of which were written for him, and released two solo CDs: New Lullaby (2010) and Tracing a Wheel on Water (2006). He is also featured on three other CDs on Albany and Navona Records, and his third solo release is due out this season. A graduate of the New England Conservatory, Aaron is on faculty at the University of Massachusetts Boston and formerly at the Boston Conservatory. He lives with his wife, healer and muse, Catherine, in Boston. Read more.