The incomparable Emerson String Quartet—violinists Eugene Drucker and Philip Setzer, violist Lawrence Dutton (each a founding member), and cellist Paul Watkins (who joined the quartet in 2013)—return to Hancher for the first time since 2008. In forty years of music-making, the quartet has set an unsurpassed standard whether performing classic or contemporary work.

Program (subject to change):
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 6 in G Major, Op. 101
Bartók: Quartet No. 5
Beethoven: Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1

Event Sponsors:
Douglas and Linda Behrendt
John and Kim Callaghan