Overview
If you have yet to experience the probing, revealing, and constantly engaging artistry of this amazing chamber ensemble, this is your opportunity, as the superb Takács Quartet returns for an unprecedented three-concert appearance. Bay Area chamber music aficionados flock to the Cal Performances concerts of this exceptional ensemble, making these some of the most in-demand tickets of the season. "This is chamber-music playing of overwhelming intensity...simply the best I have ever heard in concert" (The Guardian, London).
Nov 6: Dvořák: Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 51 • Haydn: Quartet in D major, Op. 64, No. 5, (The Lark) • Dvořák: Quintet for Quartet and Double Bass in G major, Op. 77 CANCELLED
Dec 4: Janáček: Quartet No. 1, (Kreutzer Sonata) • Britten: Quartet No. 1 in D major • Ravel: Quartet in F major
Feb 19: Janáček: Quartet No. 2, (Intimate Letters) • Britten: Quartet No. 3 in G major • Debussy: Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
March 3 (rescheduled concert from Nov 6): Schubert: Quartetsatz D703 • Dvořák: Quartet Op. 51 • Beethoven: Quartet Op. 131
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Sightlines
Sun, Nov 6, 2-2:30 pm
Pre-performance talks by Prof. Nicholas Mathew, UC Berkeley. Sightlines talks are free to event ticket holders.
CANCELLED
Sightlines
Sun, Dec 4, 2-2:30 pm
Pre-performance talks by Anicia Chung Timberlake, UC Berkeley Department of Music. Sightlines talks are free to event ticket holders.
Sightlines
Sun, Feb 19, 2-2:30 pm
Pre-performance talk by Scott Foglesong, Chair, Dept. of Musicianship and Music Theory, San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Sightlines talks are free to event ticket holders.
Director's Dinner with Takács Quartet
Sun, Feb 19, 2012, immediately following the 3pm concert in Hertz Hall
Alumni House
(Donors of $10,000+)
Each year Cal Performances' Director, Matías Tarnopolsky, hosts an exclusive dinner with a featured artist(s) of the current season as a memorable expression of thanks to major donors for their leadership support. As always, we plan an extra-special affair. At the Director's Dinner this season we will welcome the Takács Quartet. Bay Area chamber music aficionados flock to the Cal Performances concerts of this exceptional ensemble, making these some of the most in-demand tickets of the season. "This is chamber-music playing of overwhelming intensity...simply the best I have ever heard in concert" (The Guardian, London).
Parking Alerts
Parking may be a problem on campus for the Sunday, December 4th performance due to a Cal Women's Basketball game. Please see our Parking Alert section for more information.
Venue: Hertz Hall
Price: Tickets start at $60
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