Pacifica Quartet

The pieces on this final program are linked by the composers’ desire to honor others. Mozart’s Quartet in G Major, the first of the “Haydn Quartets,” was dedicated to the composer’s friend and mentor. The whimsical yet reflective Shostakovich Quartet No. 11 commemorates the second violinist of the Beethoven Quartet, the ensemble that had premiered most of Shostakovich’s earlier string quartets. A commission for Prince Nikolai Golitzin, the massive Beethoven Quartet in C-sharp minor, concludes the concert.

“(Pacifica’s) sunny vivaciousness, tonal coloring and emotional honesty brought out the music vividly.” – Pittsburgh Gazette

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