Department of Music

Daniel Sender, violin
David Sariti, violin
Ayn Balija, viola
Adam Carter, cello
with special guest
Mimi Tung, piano

Mozart, Quartet no. 15 in D minor, K. 421
Selections from John Adams: Book of Alleged Dances
Shostakovich, Piano Quintet

The festival kicks off with an inaugural concert by the Rivanna String Quartet on Friday, February 1 at 8 pm. The group--comprised of Daniel Sender and David Sariti, violin, Ayn Balija, viola, and Adam Carter, cello--will present a series of works written for string quartet that span centuries. The group will perform W. A. Mozart's Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421, one of his six string quartets dedicated to fellow composer Joseph Haydn. The group will also present selections from "John's Book of Alleged Dances," a series of ten dances written by John Adams in 1994. Of his work, Adams notes, "Thee dances were “alleged” because the steps for them had yet to be invented (although by now a number of choreographers, including Paul Taylor, have created pieces around them)." To conclude the program, Pianist Mimi Tung will join the quartet onstage for Dmitri Shostakovich's "Piano Quintet in g minor, Op. 57." This "heroic" work, which premiered in 1940, has earned its place in history amongst other great piano quintets.

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