The renowned Dover Quartet, named by BBC Music Magazine as one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years, makes its first appearance of the season on this two-work program, which includes Mendelssohn’s last chamber music work—the passionate String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80, which the composer wrote while consumed with grief over the sudden loss of his beloved sister Fanny and just two months before his own sudden death at the age of 38. The Dover also plays the less-well-known but also powerful String Quartet No. 4 by the 20th-century Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz, who saw her reputation grow after World War II. The quartet is at once forward-looking (a stance Bacewicz was firmly dedicated to) and folkloristic. 

BACEWICZ String Quartet No. 4 

MENDELSSOHN String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80 

Approximate length: 1 hour 

Generously sponsored by the Lorlee and Arnold Tenenbaum Memorial Fund

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