Join us in welcoming back Quatuor Andara!  Familiar to some as Chamberfest’s 2019 Development Residency artists, the Montreal-based quartet returns to present music from their upcoming album “De mille feux,” including the world premiere of Ottawa-based composer James Wright’s first String Quartet.

• Quatuor Andarastring quartet

• Marie Claire Vaillancourt violin
• Richard Zheng violin
• Vincent Delorme viola
• Dominique Beauséjour-Ostiguy cello

Samuel Barber (1920 – 1981) | Adagio for Strings

Eldon Rathburn (1916-2008) | Subway Thoughts

James Wright (b. 1959) | String Quartet No. 1 (“Ellen at Scattergood”) (world premiere)
I. Introduzione, fugato e dolce cantabile — II. Molto sostenuto e expressivo — III. Scherzo-tarantella — IV. Adagio e rondo ballabile

Benjamin Britten (1913 – 1976) | String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25
III. Andante calmo – IV. Molto vivace

Dominique Beauséjour-Ostiguy | String Quartet in D minor, II. Affirmation

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