PROGRAM AND PERSONNEL

DAWN BREAKS

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122 (1966)
I. Introduction: Andantino
II. Scherzo: Allegretto
III. Recitative: Adagio
IV. Étude: Allegro
V. Humoresque: Allegro
VI. Elegy: Adagio
VII. Conclusion: Moderato - Meno mosso - Moderato

Jae Cosmos Lee and Omar Chen Guey, violins
Sarah Darling, viola
Michael Unterman, cello

Juantio Becenti (b. 1985)
The Forest At Dawn, A Suite for String Quartet (2013)
I. Prelude: Songlike and in a sorrowful manner
II. Recitative A: Intensely
III. Fantasie: In Three Parts
Into Darkness
Night Song
Dance
IV. Recitative B
V. Coda: Relentless with strength and vigor

Annie Rabbat and Robyn Bollinger, violins
Jason Fisher, viola
Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
String Quartet No. 23 in F major, K. 590 (1790)
II. Andante

Miki-Sophia Cloud and Alex Fortes, violins
Caitlin Lynch, viola
Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello

George Harrison (1943-2001)
Here Comes the Sun (1969), arranged for String Quartet by Alex Fortes

Alex Fortes and Zenas Hsu, violins
Caitlin Lynch, viola
Michael Unterman, cello

A Far Cry’s season is generously supported by grants from the Barr-Klarman Massachusetts Arts Initiative, Massachusetts Cultural Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.