Ninth Annual Skidmore College
String Festival
March 22-24, 2013

American String Quartet Performance Program
March 23, 2013, 8:00 PM

Tickets available on the Zankel web site or by calling (518) 580-5321

The American String Quartet
Peter Winograd, violin
Laurie Carney, violin
Daniel Avshalomov, viola
Wolfram Koessel, cello

Three Preludes and Fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier            Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Praeludium & Fuga, F Minor, BWV 857
               
    Praeludium
    Fuga a 4 Voci

Praeludium & Fuga, Bb Minor, BWV 867
           
    Praeludium
    Fuga a 5 Voci

Praeludium & Fuga, G minor, BWV 885
       
    Praeludium: Largo
    Fuga a 4 voci

Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73 (1946)
    Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

    Allegretto
    Moderato con moto
    Allegro non troppo
    Adagio
    Moderato - (last two movements played without pause)

INTERMISSION
Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131    Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

    Adagio, ma non troppo e molto espressivo
    Allegro molto vivace
    Allegro moderato
    Andante, ma non troppo e molto cantabile
    Presto
    Adagio quasi un poco andante
    Allegro

String Festival collaborative piece

• Allegro ma non troppo from Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 - Antonin Dvorak "The American".