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Among the world’s finest string quartets, the beloved Takács returns for two concerts this season, the first a compelling program of new and canonic works. Haydn’s beloved Sunrise quartet is among his late-period gems, and Beethoven’s middle-period E minor quartet from the Op. 59 Razumovsky series opens up new musical horizons as the composer breaks and remakes the rules of musical drama.

Known for lushly orchestrated music of “sheer gorgeousness” (Los Angeles Times), California violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama contributes Flow, a new Cal Performances co-commissioned work, heard here in its world-premiere performance.

Composer-Performers Through Time 

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Composer’s Choice

A co-production of Phoenix Chamber Music Society, ASU/Kerr Cultural Center and Peace Mama Productions

ASU/Kerr Cultural Center 

January 20, 2024 7:30 PM

Featuring music by Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de St. – Georges), Louise Farrenc and Nokuthula Ngwenyama

Performed by:

Ruggero Allifranchini, violin

Nokuthula Ngwenyama, viola

Tom Landschoot, cello

Nicholas Villalobos, bass

Eckart Sellheim, piano

Harpsichord Quartet in G Minor (1770-71)                                                                                          Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de St.- Georges (1745-1799)

From an unpublished transcription of String Quartet Op. 1 No. 3

1. Allegro
2. Rondo

Ruggero Allifranchini, violin

Nokuthula Ngwenyama, viola

Tom Landschoot, cello

Eckart Sellheim, piano

Piano Quintet No. 1 in A minor, Op.30 (1839)                                                                                                                                  Louise Farrenc (1804-1875)

1. Allegro
2. Adagio non troppo
3. Scherzo
4. Finale

Ruggero Allifranchini, violin

Nokuthula Ngwenyama, viola

Tom Landschoot, cello

Nicholas Villalobos, bass

Eckart Sellheim, piano

Intermission

Cars Talk (2022)                                                                                                                                                                      Nokuthula Endo Ngwenyama (b. 1976)

Ruggero Allifranchini, violin

Nokuthula Ngwenyama, viola

Tom Landschoot, cello

Nicholas Villalobos, bass

Concerto No. 1 for viola and piano reduction (2017-19, piano reduction 2023)                                                                Nokuthula Endo Ngwenyama

1. Andante (2019)
2. Adagio – Andante (2019)
3. Sonoran Storm (2017)

Nokuthula Ngwenyama, viola

Eckart Sellheim, piano

Attending the concert and/or post-concert Q & A is agreement to be video-recorded for PMP’s series ‘Composer’s Choice.’