Grant Park Music Festival String Fellows
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Program:
Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen; arr. Danish String Quartet - Shine You No More (2017) (4’)
Arturo Marquez (b. 1950) - Homenaje a Gismonti (1993) (8’)
Stacy Garrop (b. 1969) - Ribbons of Steel (2025) (4’)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) - String Quartet in F major, M. 35 (1903) (31’)
I. Allegro moderato
II. Assez vif, très rythmé
III. Très lent
IV. Vif et agité
Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967); arr. Paul Chihara - Take the “A” train (1939) (4’)
Free
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