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    Fragments: Connecting Past and Present

    Presented by Da Camera of Houston and Menil Collection at Menil Collection

    December 6, 2011

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    Da Camera of Houston presents Fragments: Connecting Past and Present,  Tuesday, December 6, 2011, 7:30 PM, at The Menil Collection. Featuring the Brentano String Quartet (pictured, Mark Steinberg, violin; Serena Canin, violin; Misha Amory, viola; Nina Lee, cello).

    In this fascinating project co-commissioned by Da Camera of Houston,...

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    Da Camera of Houston presents Fragments: Connecting Past and Present,  Tuesday, December 6, 2011, 7:30 PM, at The Menil Collection. Featuring the Brentano String Quartet (pictured, Mark Steinberg, violin; Serena Canin, violin; Misha Amory, viola; Nina Lee, cello).

    In this fascinating project co-commissioned by Da Camera of Houston, unfinished fragments by great composers of the past inspire new works by some of the most inventive composers of today. Fragments by Renaissance composer Guillaume Dufay, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Shostakovich are paired with new works by Charles Wuorinen, Sofia Gubaidulina, John Harbison, Vijay Iyer, Bruce Adolphe and Stephen Hartke.

    “[The Brentano Quartet’s performance was] as profound as a listener could want.”-- Houston Chronicle

    “The glittering clarity of the Brentano’s sound was intoxicating...A revelatory performance.”-- The Strad


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    Menil Collection

    1515 Sul Ross
    Houston, TX 77006

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    Menil Collection, Rothko Chapel: $35, general admission


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    7:30 pm


    Phone: (713) 524-5050

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    Parking at 1515 West Alabama and on the street near the building.


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