Established in 2007, the "Strings and More" series aims to enrich the concert experience by placing the compositions performed within a wider cultural contex. The series is directed by the quartet’s violist, Prof. Yoel Greenberg, head of music department at Bar-Ilan University. The other quartet members enrich the explanations with theatrical excerpts and literary examples.
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Musical Mimicry
Presented by Prof. Yoel Greenberg
Joseph Haydn Quartet Op. 33 No. 3 The Bird
Carlo Farina Capriccio Stravagante
Maurice Ravel Quartet in F Major
Does music represent nothing but music? We explore this question from the early baroque until the end of the nineteenth century, following instrumental music’s sources of inspiration and the associations it invoked – from instruments mimicking birds and animals so instruments mimicking one another.
Ra'anana Pais Music Center
Monday, 31.10.22 at 8pm
Jerusalem Music Centre (English)
Wednesday, 2.11.22 at 8pm
Haifa Hadarim Centre
Thursday, 3.11.22 at 8pm
Tel Aviv Israel Conservatory of Music
Friday, 4.11.22 at 11am
Zichron Ya'akov First Aliyah Museum
Sunday, 6.11.22 at 8pm
Kfar Blum Clore Auditorium
Monday, 7.11.22 at 7pm
Jerusalem Music Centre (Hebrew)
Tuesday, 22.11.22 at 8pm
Online
Hebrew - 17.1 at 8pm
English - 18.1 at 8pm
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Musica Britannica Online!
Presented by Prof. Yoel Greenberg
Joseph Haydn Quartet Op. 74 No. 3 "Rider"
John Dowland Come Again Sweet Love
Henry Purcell Chacony
Benjamin Britten Quartet No. 2 Op. 36
England was always an important musical center, but after its golden era in the 16th and 17th centuries, produced virtually no significant composers for nearly two centuries, relying instead on imported talent. In this concert we present a concise portrait of English music, from its early days of glory, to its revival by Elgar and Britten.
Raanana Pais Music Center
Wednesday, 25.1.23 at 8pm
Haifa Hadarim Centre
Thursday, 26.1.23 at 8pm
Zichron Ya'akov First Aliyah Museum
Sunday, 29.1.23 at 8pm
Jerusalem Music Centre (Hebrew)
Tuesday, 31.1.23 at 8pm
Jerusalem Music Centre (English)
Wednesday, 1.2.23 at 8pm
Tel Aviv Israel Conservatory of Music
Friday, 3.2.23 at 11am
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From Vienna to Budapest
Without spoken presentation
Shuli Waterman viola
Vaughan Williams Fanatsy Quintet
Franz Schubert Quartet D. 87
György Kurtág 12 Microludes for string quartet
Johannes Brahms String Quintet No. 1 Op. 88
An Austro-Hungarian musical experience, in which we perform György Kurtág’s brilliant briefMoments Mictoludes in between Schubert’s youthful masterpiece and Brahms’s nostalgic
homage to masters of the past.
Zichron Ya'akov First Aliyah Museum
Sunday, 19.3.23 at 8pm
Jerusalem Music Centre
Tuesday, 21.3.23 at 8pm
Ra'anana Pais Music Center
Wednesday, 22.3.23 at 8pm
Haifa Hadarim Centre
Thursday, 23.3.23 at 8pm
Tel Aviv Israel Conservatory of Music
Saturday, 25.3.23 at 9pm
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Authors of Note
Actors: Anna Dubrovitsky and Rodie Kozlovsky
Classical music in the writings of two Israeli literary giants: Leah Goldberg and S. Yizhar.
Music by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Puccini and Chopin
Haifa Tikotin Museum
Thursday, 4.5.23 at 8pm
Jerusalem Music Centre (english subtitles)
Tuesday, 9.5.23 at 8pm
Ra'anana, "Eran" Auditorium Pais Music Center
Wednesday, 10.5.23 at 8pm
Tel Aviv Israel Conservatory of Music
Friday, 12.5.23 at 11am
Zichron Ya'akov "Nir" Auditorium
Sunday, 14.5.23 at 8pm
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Musical and Cinematic Notes
Presented by Prof. Yoel Greenberg
Beethoven String Quartet Op. 132
Beethoven’s monumental quartet is one of the most celebrated works of all time. How did it inspire composers, poets, authors and film directors in later times, and how does it continue to accompany us until the present?
Jerusalem Music Centre (Hebrew)
Tuesday, 20.6.23 at 8pm
Jerusalem Music Centre (English)
Wednesday, 21.6.23 at 8pm
Ra'anana Pais Music Center
Wednesday, 28.6.23 at 8pm
Haifa Hadarim centre
Thursday, 29.6.23 at 8pm
Zichron Ya'akov First Aliyah Museum
Sunday, 2.7.23 at 8pm
Tel Aviv Israel Conservatory of Music
Friday, 7.7.23 at 11am