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Date: Sunday, February 25, 2007
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Getty Center, Harold M. Williams Auditorium
Admission: Tickets $28; $22 students/seniors.
Emotional nuance, impeccable technique, and passionate dedication to the 18th- and 19th-century European string repertoire are the hallmarks of the world-renowned Artis Quartet. In this Sunday afternoon performance, the Quartet presents Romantic masterworks by Mendelssohn, Schubert, and Brahms to complement the exhibition From Caspar David Friedrich to Gerhard Richter: German Paintings from Dresden. American clarinetist Andy Lamy joins the Quartet for the performance of Brahms's evocative and melodic clarinet quintet.
Music Program
Felix Mendelssohn
 Capriccio and fugue
String quartet, op. 80
Franz Schubert
Death and the Maiden (string quartet in D minor)
Johannes Brahms
Clarinet quintet
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About the Artis Quartet
The Artis Quartet—violinists Peter Schuhmayer and Johannes Meissl, violist Herbert Kefer, and cellist Othmar Müuller—has played and toured the world together for over 20 years, earning rave reviews throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Best known for their mastery of the 18th- and 19th-century string repertoire, the Quartet has also premiered the works of many contemporary European composers.
"Top class in the international chamber music league"
–Vienna Kurier
Among the most versatile chamber ensembles in the world [with] exceptional unity, a highly refined sound, and thorough mastery of performance"
–Salzburg Volkszeitung
"It would be hard to find another quartet that plays in such perfect unison, almost as if guided by a single thought"
–Vienna Zeitung
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How to Get Here
The Getty Center is located at 1200 Getty Center Drive in Los Angeles, California, approximately 12 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. See Hours, Directions, Parking for maps and driving directions.
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