42nd Annual Abbey Bach Festival

Friday, July 26

Program and Artists subject to change.

8 PM Damian Center

Carpe Diem, string quartet

(group website)

Charles Wetherbee, violin  Carol Ou, cello

Korine Fujiwara, viola        John Ewing, violin

Carpe Diem is a boundary-breaking ensemble that has earned widespread critical and audience acclaim for its innovative programming and electrifying performances. With programming that reflects its passions for Gypsy, tango, folk, pop, rock, and jazz inspired music alongside the traditional string quartet repertoire.

 “This is an accomplished ensemble with a distinctive sound and personality” (San Diego Union Tribune); “One would have to search long and hard to find a more charming and enjoyable chamber music concert . . . A number of elements contributed to this end result, not the least of which the superb musicianship of the four musicians-Carpe Diem is a seriously talented quartet in the most traditional definition.” (Herald-Tribune, Sarasota, FL)

Carpe Diem continues its project of recording, for the Naxos label, the nine string quartets of Russian romantic composer Sergey Taneyev. The first CD of this series was selected for the 2009 Grammy Awards Entry List in no fewer than four categories: Best Classical Album, Best Chamber Music Performance, Best New Artist, and Best Engineered Album-Classical.

 

PROGRAM

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 (Allegro) Adagio Allegro	Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Air from Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068	Johann Sebastian Bach
Contrapuncti Nos. 9 & 11 from the Art of Fugue, BWV 1080	Johann Sebastian Bach
Fuga from the Well Tempered Clavier No. 16 in G minor, BWV 861/2	Johann Sebastian Bach
Verano Porteño	Ástor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Fiddle Suite Montana Montana Stillwater Gorge Walkin' in the Water Cherry Blossom Peasebottom	Korine Fujiwara