Delaware County Symphony- Chamber Concert- Beethoven Quartet No. 2

The Delaware County Symphony (DCS) presents the final performance of its Chamber Concert Series for the 2014-2015 season on Sunday April 12, 2015 at 3 p.m. in the Meagher Theatre of the Thomas A Bruder, Jr. Life Center at Neumann University, Aston, Pa.

This concert features Beethoven’s Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18 considered by many as one of the most beautiful and musically challenging compositions for the string quartet. It is composed with complex and changing time signatures that slowly unfolds into a rich tapestry of beautiful and delicate interwoven harmonies and light lyrical melodies. Beethoven’s creative genius quietly radiates in this work by offering each musician the unique opportunity to engage in an energetic emotional and musical conversation with the audience and with each other. In describing this quartet American musicologist Michael Steinberg said “the curve of the first violin’s opening phrase has earned the work the nickname of Komplimentier-Quartett, which might be translated as ‘quartet of bows and curtseys”.

Included in this concert will be Music for Clarinet and Piano and Trio in G Minor for Flute, Cello, and Piano, Op.63 by Carl Maria von Weber.

Featured in this concert will be Jennifer Flam, flute, Jeremy Desiderio, Kenneth Gill,violins; Barbara Ostroff, viola; Michael Berton, cello; Vincent Iannone, clarinet; Arnold Ostroff, piano.

The Meagher Theatre is handicapped accessible and there is ample free parking adjacent to the theatre. We are pleased to announce for this concert in collaboration with the Delaware County Library System a special discounted group ticket price of $6.00 to all individuals upon presentation of their Delco Library Card or their Lower Merion Library card the day of the concert. Tickets are $12, $10 for seniors and students and free for children 12 and under with each paying adult admission. A special ticket price of $6 applies to groups of 10 or more. The next full symphonic concert will be on Sunday May 3, 2015 featuring two guest soloists, Ms. Nicole Ozdowski, flute performing,Poem for Flute and Orchestra by Charles T. Griffes and Jason Vassiliou, violin performingTzigane by Maurice Ravel. Both soloists are winners of our 33 annual Youth Concerto Competition. Included in this concert will be “Swan Lake”, Introduction and Scene, by Peter Tchaikovsky and Suite from “The Firebird” ( 1919 Version) For additional information please call 610-879-7059 or visit www.dcsmusic.org

All photos courtesy of Joel Perlish Photography