Name: Cecilian Chamber Series - Verona Quartet
Start: 2025-11-02T15:00:00
Location: Darke Hall

Dorothy Ro

Abigail Rojansky

Jonathan Ong

Jonathan Dormand

Verona Quartet

Darke Hall

The acclaimed Verona Quartet, among the most distinguished ensembles on the chamber music scene today, makes its return appearance in our series with a program inspired by songs. The Schubert and Mendelssohn string quartets take their inspiration from their own songs “Death and the Maiden” and “Ist es wahr?”. George Walker wrote his “Lyric” for string quartet after his graduation from Oberlin Conservatory (where the Verona Quartet are in residence) based on the lyrical sound of the human voice and spirit. Canadian singer and songwriter Tanya Tagaq uses an ingenious imagination of imparting traditional Inuk throat singing onto the sound of western string instruments.