The Southern Theater Presents Accordo: Concert 1, Season 2

Named "best new chamber ensemble 2009" by the Star Tribune, Accordo returns for a second season in the Southern's intimate space. The ensemble features principal players from the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Minnesota Orchestra, including Steven Copes, Ruggero Allifranchini, Maiya Papach, Ron Thomas and Tony Ross.

"We're thrilled to continue our relationship with the Southern and excited to kick off the season with two cello quintets," said Copes. "One is a rarely heard gem by Sergei Taneyev, the Russian intellectual and close friend of Tchiakovsky (he gave the premiere of his piano concertos...), followed by what is arguably the greatest piece of chamber music ever written, the Schubert C Major Quintet, written only two months before his untimely death at the age of 31."

November 21 & 22 program includes:
Taneyev: Cello Quintet #1 in G Major, Op. 14
Schubert: Cello Quintet in C Major, D. 956
with Julie Albers, cello

Performances: November 21 & 22, 2010
Sun. at 7pm, Mon. at 7:30pm
Tickets: $26, $24
Southern Theater box office: 612.340.1725
1420 Washington Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55454
www.southerntheater.org

Accordo's 2010/11 season continues...
February 20 & 21, 2011
Schubert: String Trio in Bb Major, D. 471
Martinu: Duo #1 for Violin and Cello, H. 157
Kodaly: Serenade for Two Violins & Viola, Op. 12
Mendelssohn: Viola Quintet #1 in A Major, Op. 18
with Rebecca Albers, viola & Kyu-Young Kim, violin

June 5 & 6, 2011 - All-Beethoven
Piano Trio in Eb Major, Op. 70 #2
Theme & Variations from the Magic Flute, WoO 46
String Quartet in f minor, Op. 95, 'Serioso'
with Rieko Aizawa, piano & Sabina Thatcher, viola

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