String Quartets - Ancient and Modern

Wednesday, November 26th, 2025 at 7:30pm
The Peggy Corkum Music Room
6181 Lady Hammond Rd, Halifax

The concertmaster and principal string players of Symphony Nova Scotia bring you a majestic classic from Johannes Brahms, a little-known work by Alessandro Scarlatti (one of the first ever string quartets), and works by two of the most popular classical composers working in North America today.

ON THE PROGRAM

Johannes Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, op. 51 No. 1

Alessandro Scarlatti: Sonata a Quattro in F minor

Jessie Montgomery: Source code

Caroline Shaw: Blueprint

Renaud Lapierre and Isabelle Fournier, violins
Carolyn Farnand, viola
Rachel Desoer, cello


Chamber Players Series Sponsors

Anonymous, in memory of David Wilson

Jennifer Bain

Daniel and Diana Burns

Lynn Johnston

Don Langille

John LeBlanc and Joanne Langley