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Jupiter String Quartet
Saturday, June 30, 2012 from 7:30pm | Austin TX
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In Advance: General Admission $25-$50
At the Door: General Admission $30-$55
PROGRAM
String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 33 No. 2, “The Joke” | Franz Josef Haydn
String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 7 | Bela Bartok
String Quartet in D Major, Op.44, No. 1 | Felix Mendelssohn
The JUPITER STRING QUARTET, formed in 2001, is a particularly intimate group, consisting of violinists Nelson Lee and Megan Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel (older sister of Meg), and cellist Daniel McDonough (husband of Meg, brother-in-law of Liz). The quartet chose its name because Jupiter was the most prominent planet in the night sky at the time of its formation, and the astrological symbol for Jupiter resembles the number four. There are also musical references (for example, Holst’s The Planets, in which Jupiter is “the bringer of jollity”) that emphasize the connotations of happiness and strength associated with the Roman god Jupiter.
