Music in the Galleries: Lírios Quartet

For our March “Music in the Galleries,” FCM is excited to present the Lírios Quartet, the new Graduate String Quartet in Residence at the University of Colorado Boulder.  The quartet, under the mentorship of the Takács Quartet, features Benjamin Goldstein and Maggie Brady, violins; Yuri Santos, viola; and Chas Barnard, cello.

Join us for a classical Sunday afternoon with two identical concerts at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. (a break will occur from 12–1 p.m.)  Performances are included with museum admission.  For tickets purchased online, FCM patrons receive $2 off adult and senior tickets with code MUSIC.

–  Joseph Haydn:  String Quartet in F Major “The Dream,” Op. 50 No. 5, I. Allegro moderato
–  Mario Lavista: Reflejos de la Noche (1984)
–  Benjamin Britten: String Quartet No. 2, III. Chacony
–  Johannes Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 51 No. 1, IV. Allegro

About the Quartet:  Formed in 2022 at the University of Colorado Boulder, the Lírios Quartet comprises four emerging artists who have come together under the mentorship of the Takács Quartet. As the current Graduate String Quartet-in-Residence, the quartet is also engaged with developments in new music, taking part in the Pendulum New Music concert series with two premieres in the 2022-2023 season. Additionally, they collaborated with Sohap Ensemble and Art Song Colorado in the commissioning of a new chamber opera, Colorado Sky, including a workshop residency at the ATLAS Institute in January 2023.

The Lírios Quartet is a recipient of the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Scholarship, the Takács Society String Scholarship, and the Margaret Steed Memorial Fund.

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