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SU's Brahms Festival finale to feature the Cassatt String Quartet and University artists

March 28, 2003


Judy Holmes
jlholmes@syr.edu






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Syracuse University's year-long Brahms Festival will conclude with a performance by the New York City-based Cassatt String Quartet, SU's quartet-in-residence, and a performance by artists from the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music, College of Visual and Performing Arts. The gala concert will be held April 1 at 8 p.m. in the Setnor Auditorium in the University's Crouse College, and is free and open to the public.

The concert will feature Brahms' "String Quartet in A Minor" op. 51 no.2, "Piano Quartet in G Minor" op. 25 with pianist Wei-Yi Yang and a performance by University organist Christopher Marks.

The Brahms Festival is a yearlong celebration of the works of Johannes Brahms through concerts, classes and seminars co-presented by the Setnor School of Music, the Cassatt Quartet and the Department of Fine Arts in The College of Arts and Sciences.