Music from the 92nd Street Y: Tokyo String Quartet

Evening Music | May 6, 2010

Sara Fishko curates and hosts this 10-part series, which features the greatest live performances from the stage of the Y's Kaufmann Concert Hall. In this premiere episode, The Tokyo String Quartet performs music by Haydn, plus a rarely-heard Septet by German composer Hanns Eisler, drawn from his own music for a Charlie Chaplin film.

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Tokyo String Quartet
        Martin Beaver, violin
        Kikuei Ikeda, violin
        Kazuhide Isomura, viola
        Clive Greensmith, cello

HAYDN: String Quartet in C Major, Op. 50, No. 2
        Tokyo String Quartet
        Performance date: Sat, Feb 9, 2008

EISLER: Septet No. 2 for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon and String Quartet, "Circus"
        Tokyo String Quartet
        Tara Helen O'Connor, flute/piccolo
        Alan R. Kay, clarinet
        Frank Morelli, bassoon
        Performance date: Sat, Feb 12, 2005

HAYDN: String Quartet in C Major, Op. 33, No. 3, "Finale"
        Tokyo String Quartet
        Performance date: Sat, Feb 12, 2005

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