If you go
› What: Cuarteto Quiroga string quartet› Where: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 305 W. Seventh St.› When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 1› Admission: $10-$40› For more information: 423-266-8195
Spain's internationally known string quartet, Cuarteto Quiroga, will be the featured artists in the next Music at St. Paul's series on Friday night, March 1, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Members of the string quartet are Aitor Hevia and Cibrán Sierra, violins; Josep Puchades, viola; and Helena Poggio, cello. Their program will include pieces by Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor), Alberto Ginastera (String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20), and Ludwig van Beethoven (String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135).
Cuarteto Quiroga, recent winner of Spain's National Music Prize, has established itself as one of the most unique quartets of its generation with the use of a bold, original approach to the string quartet repertoire.
"A concert should be more than a collection of beautiful pieces; it should tell a story and invite the listener to reflect on the music being performed. Our program in Chattanooga will encompass the range of the string quartet repertoire, including an elegant early 19th-century quartet followed by 20th-century Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera's Quartet from 1948, which combines Argentine folk themes with spikey modern tonalities," the musicians said in a news release.
Paul Thomas, director of music at St. Paul's says, "We invite audiences to hear this extraordinary music in our beautiful space. We hope that these concerts provide an opportunity to leave the distractions of daily life and come away feeling renewed."
For more information: www.stpaulschatt.org/concert-season.