Duke Arts Presents | The Ciompi Quartet: Memories and Aspirations

In a program that encompasses both prodigious talent and mature personal reflection, the Ciompi Quartet revives two of their most significant commissions: a single movement from Memoirs (2003) to honor the recent passing of American composer Paul Schoenfield and "My Tioga", (2014) by Melinda Wagner, which brings back her memories of Tioga County in the Endless Mountains of northern Pennsylvania. The concert opens with a transcription of one of Bach's early masterpieces and concludes with a youthful triumph of Franz Schubert.

Program
Bach: Passacaglia and Fuge in C Minor, BWV 582 for Organ - arranged for String Quartet by Nicholas Kitchen

Melinda Wagner: String Quartet My Tioga (2014) - Commissioned by the Ciompi Quartet

Paul Schoenfield: excerpt from String Quartet No. 2 Memoirs (2003) - Commissioned by the Ciompi Quartet

Schubert: String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, D. 46