The Ciompi Quartet: Memories and Aspirations
21feb7:30 pm9:00 pmThe Ciompi Quartet: Memories and Aspirations
Event Details
In honor of the recent passing of renowned American composer Paul Schoenfield, Duke’s resident Ciompi Quartet revisits a powerful and poignant work they commissioned in 2003. Memoirs, the second of
Event Details
In honor of the recent passing of renowned American composer Paul Schoenfield, Duke’s resident Ciompi Quartet revisits a powerful and poignant work they commissioned in 2003. Memoirs, the second of Schoenfield’s two string quartets, is a deeply personal composition written in memory of the composer’s father. The program opens with a transcription of one of J. S. Bach’s early masterworks, the Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor for Organ. Composed during Bach’s formative years in Arnstadt, this bold and intricate work stands as one of his most ambitious achievements of the period, revealing a composer willing to break the mold of established structures. The evening concludes with another youthful triumph—Franz Schubert’s String Quartet No. 4 in C Major. Brimming with energy and early signs of the lyrical style that would define his later works, the quartet offers a fitting close to a program that encompasses both prodigious talent and mature personal reflection.
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February 21, 2026 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm(GMT-05:00)
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