Grieg's String Quartet with Mari Yoshinaga, marimba (6:15pm pre-concert talk with Lisa Bergman)

Grieg’s String Quartet 

Friday, August 25, 7pm, Maier Hall at Peninsula College (6:15pm pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman)

Noah Geller, the dynamic Concertmaster of the Seattle Symphony makes his Music on the Strait debut leading Grieg’s bold and energetic String Quartet in G minor. Before intermission, Geller shares the stage with Mari Yoshinaga, the internationally acclaimed percussionist and his frequent duo partner. We open this program with a string quartet by Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation in Oklahoma. Tate uses Hopi and Pueblo rhythms and forms as musical inspiration. For instance, the opening viola solo, which recurs throughout the work, is a paraphrase of a Pueblo Buffalo Dance..

Program

Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate Pisashi for String Quartet 

Anton Prischepa Based on Actual Events for Violin and Marimba 

Edvard Grieg String Quartet in G minor, Op 27 

Noah Geller, violin, James Garlick, violin, Richard O’Neill, viola, Ani Aznavoorian, cello, Mari Yoshinaga, Marimba