The Avery Ensemble Piano Quartet presents LAST WORDS:
Late Style Testaments with guess violinist Andrea Schultz.
- C.P.E. Bach: Quartet for violin, viola, cello & harpsichord, H. 538
- Heinrich Ignaz Biber: Harmonia artificiosa-ariosa 1696
- Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
- Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quintet in C minor, No. 2, Op. 115
This is The Avery Ensemble's third season at St James. Unique among American chamber ensembles, the Avery Ensemble performs a breadth of styles spanning the history of Western instrumental music. For them the art music of the seventeenth century and that of the twenty-first belongs to one and the very same musical tradition – Purcell and Mozart become not merely ancestors to Brahms and Schnittke, but siblings. The ensemble’s remarkable chemistry is revealed in performances that extract the utmost meaning from each work in its diverse repertoire. Unrivaled virtuosity, depth of understanding and passion distinguish their presentations of the standard chamber music repertoire, seventeenth-century music and post-modern masterpieces.
