QUARTETTO DI VENEZIA

Andrea Vio, violin
Alberto Battiston, violin
Luca Morassutti, viola
Angelo Zanin, cello

PROGRAM

Sunday - 6 April 2003 - 3:00pm

Quartet in A Major, Opus 8, No. 6

Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)

Allegro brillante

Amoroso

Allegro maestoso

Concerto in G Major, RV 151, "alla Rustica"

Antonio Vivaldi (ca. 1675-1743)

Presto

Adagio

Allegro

Quartet in E-flat Major, Opus 76, No. 3

Antonio Bazzini (1818-1897)

Molto sostenuto: Allegro vivo

Minuetto: Allegro giusto

Andante quasi allegretto con variazioni

Finale: Vivacissimo

INTERMISSION

"I Crisantemi" (The Chrysanthemums)

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

Quartet in E Minor

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Allegro

Andantino

Prestissimo

Scherzo fuga. Allegro assai mosso

Melvin Kaplin, Incorporated

exquisite music - superbly performed