92nd Street Y will present Gateways Music Festival: The Marian Anderson String Quartet as part of its spring classical concert season on April 22, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. The concerts are intended for a fully vaccinated audience, all concerts are also available for streaming. For more information, including ticket purchase and COVID-19 protocols for in-person performances, please visit 92Y.org/Concerts.
MARIAN ANDERSON’S STRING QUARTET
Co-presented with the GATEWAYS MUSIC FESTIVAL
Friday April 22, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
In collaboration with the series “Around the Town” from the famous Gateways music festival of the Eastman School of Music, the award-winning Marian Anderson String Quartet presents a concert in the intimate Buttenwieser Hall. The critically acclaimed all-female ensemble has performed at presidential inaugurations, the Library of Congress and more, making history in 1991 by winning the Cleveland International Quartet Competition – the first African-American ensemble to win a classical music competition.
“On slavery”
Rhiannon Giddens: At buyer’s choice with variants (arr. J. Garchik)
JONATHAN MCNAIR: Follow the drinking gourd
SAMUEL ADLER: In Memoriam: Marian Anderson
David Wallace: In Honor of Marian Anderson
ANTONIN DVOŘÃK: String Quartet No.12 in F major, op. 96 “American”
JOHN ROSAMON JOHNSON: Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing (arr. JW Johnson)