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Tonight: Cassatt String Quartet gives Texas premiere to Dan Welcher composition
The Cassatt Quartet — the New York-based all-female string quartet — has crafted its acclaimed reputation over the past two decades as being a champion of work by living composers.
The Quartet commissioned noted Austin composer Dan Welcher to write the namesake piece. Tonight, the group will give Welcher’s String Quartet No. 3 “Cassatt” its Texas premiere at the University of Texas’ McCullough Theatre.
The piece is also included on the groups latest release on Naxos Records, “Dan Welcher: String Quartet’s Nos. 1-3.” Thursday’s program also include’s Welcher’s String Quartet No. 2 “Harbor Music.”
Cassatt String Quartet
8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17
McCullough Theatre, University of Texas, 2350 Robert Dedman Drive
$30
www.utpac.org
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