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The Savannah Concert Association presents The Fischbach Quartet Jennifer Lee, violin The Fischbach Quartet was founded in 2003. Glenn Fischbach and Jennifer Lee are husband and wife and recently greeted the arrival of their first child, a daughter. Garrett Fischbach, violinist and brother of Glenn, was a founder of the quartet, but is unable to play at this concert due to an injury to his hand. He is expected to resume his position in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra at the beginning of the fall season. Meanwhile his place in the quartet is being filled by Beverly Shin. Tonight's concert is the second appearance of the Fischbach Quartet under the auspices of the Savannah Concert Association. Jennifer Lee is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music. She is a former member of the Savannah Symphony and is well known as a teacher and performer, solo and ensemble. Beverly Shin, a graduate of the Curtis Institute, is a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra. She frequently concertizes as a soloist, and as a member of chamber groups. Gretchen Frazier has a degree from the Cincinnati Conservatory. She is a member of the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra and has had a busy career playing in venues throughout the country. Glenn Fischbach graduated from the Curtis Institute and was formerly principal cellist with the Savannah Symphony. He plays regularly with the Philadelphia Orchestra. During our 2004-05 season, he gave a recital here assisted by Jennifer Lee and pianist David Pasbrig.
This concert is sponsored by Memorial Health University Medical Center. PROGRAM String Quartet Op. 76 No. 1 - Haydn INTERMISSION String Quartet Op. 18 No. 6 - Beethoven PROGRAM NOTES Haydn's Opus 76 was the last set of quartets that he composed. They were completed in 1797, his 65th year, and are generally regarded as his most ambitious chamber works. Notably he places an emphasis on thematic continuity, seamlessly and continually passing motives from one instrument to another. The first, second and fourth movements are in traditional sonata form — exposition, development and recapitulation. The third movement is in the standard minuet and trio form. Tchaikovsky's orchestral music for the ballet The Nutcracker has been widely popular since being featured in the Disney classic Fantasia in 1940. The piano version of eight excerpts were arranged by Mikhail Pletnev, who was born in 1957. Pletnev is well known in his native Russia as an award winning pianist and conductor. Beethoven's six quartets Opus 18 were composed in 1800, the same year he composed his first symphony. Although the 30 year old composer was still under the influence of Mozart and Haydn, the quartets show a new treatment of classical traditions. The first three movements of Opus 18 No. 6 show brightness and originality, but the last movement, La Malinconia, plumbs new depths. A slow, strange sounding chromatic theme alternates with a little dance which is evocative of a Viennese ballroom. Having lived in Leningrad during its brutal siege by the German armies of 1942-43, Shostakovich (1906-1975) was spurred by the ordeal to great creative efforts. In 1942 he composed the epic seventh Leningrad symphony. Later evacuated to Kuybyshev, he completed the Piano Trio Opus 67 in 1944. During his life, Shostakovich was often denounced by Communist authorities for his "decadent modernism", but this trio is ample evidence that his enormous talent and originality would overcome the critics.
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