Galvin Cello Quartet

Winners of the Silver Medal at the 2021 Fischoff Competition and Winners of the 2022 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, the Galvin Cello Quartet explores the limitless range of a cello ensemble by bringing together new works representing diverse cultural backgrounds while seeking to establish the cello quartet as a core part of the classical music world.

PROGRAM

MOZART: Sonata in D Major K381 (arr. Valter Despalj)
DEBUSSY: Reverie
BEETHOVEN: 12 Variations on a Theme from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus (arr. Ka-Wai Yu)
GARDEL: Por una Cabeza (arr. James Barralet)
Intermission
PAGANINI: Variations on a Theme by Rossini (“Moses”) (arr. Galvin Cello Quartet)
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Blaise Dejardin)
ANDRE MEHMARI: Forrobodó

“The Quartet’s cellists are brilliant instrumentalists and thoughtful musicians individually, but their renditions as a group are glorious.” -Arnold Steinhardt, violinist of Guarneri String Quartet