April 12, 1999
Quatuor Mosaïques to Appear at the Middlebury
College Center for the Arts on April 26
Current Tour Marks String Quartet’s American
Debut
Quatuor Mosaïques, a string quartet, will perform
in the Concert Hall at the Middlebury College Center for the Arts
on Monday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m. A new addition to the College’s
1998-1999 Concert Series, the group’s program will feature Haydn’s
Quartet in F Major, Op. 77; Mozart’s Quartet in D Minor dedicated
to Haydn, K. 421; and Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden”
in D Minor.
Quatuor Mosaïques’ appearance at Middlebury
is one stop on its first American tour. Well known in Europe for
its concerts and prize-winning recordings, the group also has
a reputation for a rare clarity and expressiveness in period-instrument
performances, and for its ability to illuminate the classical
repertoire. Other venues on the tour include the Frick Collection
in New York City, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Library
of Congress in Washington, D.C.
The four members of Quatuor Mosaïques—Erich
Höbarth, Andrea Bischof, Anita Mitterer, and Christophe Coine—met
in Vienna in 1985. From the beginning, the great names of the
classical Viennese repertoire brought them together as musicians.
Quatuor Mosaïques has teamed up with artists
such as Wolfgang Meyer (clarinet) and José Miguel Moreno
(guitar), and also performs works by French and Italian musicians.
Quatuor Mosaïques is regularly invited to perform
at prestigious venues such as the Musik-verein and the Konzerthaus
in Vienna, the Wigmore Hall in London, and the Théâtre
de la Ville and Radio France in Paris, as well as many of the
great music festivals, including those in Edinburgh, Scotland;
Luzern, Switzerland; and Leipzig, Germany.
Tickets for this Concert Series performance are $9.00
general admission and $7.00 for senior citizens. To order tickets,
please call the College box office at 802-443-6433.