The world-renowned St. Lawrence String Quartet comes to Noe Valley Chamber Music by courtesy of a brand-new partnership among several other esteemed Bay Area music presenters. NVCM is thrilled to present the only San Francisco appearance this season of this “supergroup” (The New Yorker)

HAYDN String Quartet in D major, Op. 20 no. 4
JONATHAN BERGER Tango alla Zingarese (2016)
BEETHOVEN Heiliger Dankgesang (Molto Adagio - Andante) from String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132

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OSVALDO GOLIJOV Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
with Todd Palmer, clarinet

The St. Lawrence String Quartet (Geoff Nuttall and Owen Dalby, violin; Lesley Robertson, viola; and Christopher Costanza, cello) perform the groundbreaking set of six quartets known as Op. 20, the "Sun" quartets, by Joseph Haydn. Recorded in Bing Concert Hall at Stanford University.