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Tesla Quartet TESLA QUARTET R O S S S NYD E R & M I C H E L L E L IE, V I O L I N S – E D W I N K APLAN , V I O L A – S E R A F I M S MIGELSKIY, CELLO 412.952.8676 • [email protected] • www.teslaquartet.com Repertoire * Tesla Quartet commission/premiere String Quartets Elliott Bark Tango Suite Bartók String Quartet No.2, Sz.67 (Op.17) String Quartet No.4, Sz.91 String Quartet No.6, Sz.114 Romanian Folk Dances (arr. Snyder) Beethoven String Quartet in G, Op.18 No.2 String Quartet in B-flat, Op.18 No.6 String Quartet in F, Op.59 No.1 String Quartet in C, Op.59 No.3 String Quartet in F, Op.135 Matthew Browne Great Danger, Keep Out* Brett Dean Eclipse Debussy String Quartet in G minor, Op.10 Dutilleux Ainsi la nuit Dvořák String Quartet No.12 in F, Op.96, “American” String Quartet No.14 in A-flat, Op.105 Erberk Eryılmaz Miniatures Set No.4 Haydn String Quartet in C, Op.20 No.2 String Quartet in D, Op.20 No.4 String Quartet in B minor, Op.33 No.1 String Quartet in G, Op.33 No.5 String Quartet in G, Op.76 No.1 String Quartet in B-flat, Op.76 No.4, “Sunrise” String Quartet in D, Op.76 No.5 Janáček String Quartet No.1, “The Kreutzer Sonata” TESLA QUARTET R O S S S NYD E R & M I C H E L L E L IE, V I O L I N S – E D W I N K APLAN , V I O L A – S E R A F I M S MIGELSKIY, CELLO 412.952.8676 • [email protected] • www.teslaquartet.com Daniel Kellogg “Soft Sleep Shall Contain You” Ligeti Andante and Allegretto Gabriel Lubell A Study of Luminous Objects: String Quartet No.1 Albéric Magnard String Quartet, Op.16 Mendelssohn String Quartet in A minor, Op.13 String Quartet in E minor, Op.44 No.2 Mozart String Quartet in C, K.465, “Dissonance” String Quartet in D, K.575, “Prussian” Carter Pann Love Letters Prokofiev String Quartet No.2 in F, Op.92 Respighi String Quartet in D Terry Riley Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector Schnittke String Quartet No.3 Schubert String Quartet in E-flat, D.80 String Quartet in C minor, D.703, “Quartettsatz” String Quartet in D minor, D.810, “Death and the Maiden” Schumann String Quartet in A, Op.41 No.3 Caroline Shaw Valencia Shostakovich String Quartet No.7 in F# minor, Op.108 Smetana String Quartet No.1 in E minor, “From My Life” Webern Six Bagatelles, Op.9 Collaborations Boccherini Quintet for Guitar and Strings No.4 in D, G.448, “Fandango” TESLA QUARTET R O S S S NYD E R & M I C H E L L E L IE, V I O L I N S – E D W I N K APLAN , V I O L A – S E R A F I M S MIGELSKIY, CELLO 412.952.8676 • [email protected] • www.teslaquartet.com Dvořák Quintet for Bass and Strings in G, Op.77 Quintet for Viola and Strings in E-flat, Op.97 Gabriella Lena Frank Piano Quintet “Tres Homenajes: Compadrazgo” Mozart Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A, K.581 Schumann Quintet for Piano and Strings in E-flat, Op.44 Schumann Sechs Gesänge, Op.107, for soprano and string quartet (arr. Reimann) Joan Tower Rising for flute and string quartet Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge for tenor, piano and string quartet .
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