Classics on the Labyrinth
Hyperion Quartet
Join us outdoors on the Trinity Labyrinth for a colorful season finale with the renowned Hyperion Quartet, including works by Puccini, Shostakovich, and Mozart, alongside Barber’s heartrending Adagio for Strings.
Crisantemi” for String Quartet by Giacomo Puccini
Two pieces for String Quartet, “Elegy and Polka” by Dmitri Shostakovich
“Adagio” from String Quartet in B minor by Samuel Barber
Quartet No. 16 K 428 in E-flat Major by W. A. Mozart
Hyperion String Quartet
Amanda Brin and Jamecyn Morey, violins
Ariel Rudiakov, viola
Jonathan Brin, cello
Praised by The Strad magazine for their “uncommonly high level of homogeneity and confidence”, the Hyperion String Quartet has won first prizes at the Coleman, Music Teachers National Association, and Green Lake chamber music competitions, and was the bronze medal prizewinner at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. Since their formation in 1999 at the Eastman School of Music, they have performed from New York’s famed Lincoln Center to Japan’ s Izumi Hall and have had live radio and television appearances in California, Connecticut, New York, Wisconsin and Canada. Members of the Quartet have performed with such artists as Toby Appel, Melvin Chen, Jennifer Frautschi, Benny Kim, Anne Marie McDermott, Lorna McGee, Sophie Shao, Eugenia Zukerman, and the Miró and Rossetti String Quartets.