MUSIC

Houston Friends of Chamber Music opens its 2011-2012 season with the Tokyo String Quartet, Thursday, September 8, 2011.

The remarkable, long term and unique relationship between the Tokyo String Quartet and the Houston Friends of Chamber Music began in 1976, when the group had been in existence for 7 years and our organization, known then as the Houston Friends of Music, had been presenting chamber music concerts for 16 years.

Since that time, the Tokyo has performed for our Houston audiences on 38 occasions, more than any other chamber music ensemble. They have played more than 100 compositions by over 50 different composers, with Beethoven having been chosen the most. To this day they remain one of our most popular groups, and we are delighted that they will be back with us on September 8.

The Tokyo String Quartet continues to play with the same youthful exuberance and execution plus mature insight that has placed them in the pantheon of the world’s finest string quartets.

For example, from a recent Ottawa Citizen review – "It was hard not to be carried away by the amazing virtuosity of the playing that never seemed to falter in the smallest detail. The balance and blend were, for all intents and purposes, perfect..."

Scheduled Program:

HAYDN op 77/1
SZYMANOWSKI #1 in C op 37
SCHUMANN String Quartet in A minor, op. 41/1