Jasmine Lin and David Bernat, violins; Matthew Cohen, viola; Deborah Pae, cello

PROGRAM: 
Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1; "A Formosa Quartet Set; Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden"

A Formosa Quartet Set is an assortment of shorts from the quartet's collection of folk, pop, jazz and poetry arrangements. Curated especially for each concert, the Set is like a flight of desserts after a main corse, offering a chance to audienes to "let their hair down," tap their toes, and enjoy the string quartet medium in womewhat less conventional contexts.