Name: Emerson & Calidore String Quartets
Start: 2023-04-27T19:30:00
Location: Richardson Auditorium

Eugene Drucker

Philip Setzer

Lawrence Dutton

Paul Watkins

Estelle Choi

Jeffery Meyers

Ryan Meehan

Jeremy Berry

Emerson String Quartet

Princeton University Concerts

Calidore String Quartet

Princeton University Music Department

After 12 appearances on our series since 1979, 9 GRAMMY awards, and more than 30 celebrated recordings, the legendary Emerson String Quartet returns one last time as they make the final tour of their venerated 47-year career. Their program embodies the bittersweet nature of this occasion: pairing Shostakovich’s tragic final string quartet with one of the most life-affirming works in all of music history, Mendelssohn’s treasured string octet. Joining them for an encore performance on our series of this beloved octet are the Emerson’s protégés, the Calidore String Quartet. Come be a part of this momentous celebration as we experience this symbolic passing of the baton—or bow, as it were—from one generation to the next as we close our 129th Concert Classics series, both marking a historic moment and looking to the future.