Brentano String Quartet to Perform on September 27 in Sleepy Hollow

The Brentano String Quartet returns to the stage on Saturday, September 27 at the Kusel Auditorium at Sleepy Hollow High School.  The performance begins at 8pm.

The Brentano’s program will include Mozart’s String Quartet in B-flat Major and his Quintet for Strings in G minor, as well as Mendelssohn’s Quintet for Strings in B-flat Major, Op 87.  In 2012 the Quartet’s recording of Beethoven’s late quartet Op 313, was the basis of the soundtrack for the movie “A Late Quartet,” starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken and Catherine Keener.

Brentano has won public and critical praise.  The New York Times described the ensemble as having a “luxuriously warm sound,” the Times of London wrote, “th Brentanos are a magnificent string quartet.” This was wonderful, selfless music-making.”  Last spring the Brentano was named Quartet in Residence at the Yale School of Music, a position that starts in September.

The full season includes six concerts.  For adults, subscriptions for the entire series are $120 each; single tickets to individual concerts are $30 each.  People age 18 and under are admitted free of charge.  More information about Friends of Music Concerts may be obtained from the web site or by calling 914-861-5080. 

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