SU’s Brahms Festival finale to feature the Cassatt String Quartet and University artists

Friday, March 28, 2003, By News Staff

SU’s Brahms Festival finale to feature the Cassatt String Quartet and University artistsMarch 28, 2003Judy Holmesjlholmes@syr.edu

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Syracuse University’s year-long Brahms Festival will conclude with a performance by the New York City-based Cassatt String Quartet, SU’s quartet-in-residence, and a performance by artists from the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music, College of Visual and Performing Arts. The gala concert will be held April 1 at 8 p.m. in the Setnor Auditorium in the University’s Crouse College, and is free and open to the public.

The concert will feature Brahms’ “String Quartet in A Minor” op. 51 no.2, “Piano Quartet in G Minor” op. 25 with pianist Wei-Yi Yang and a performance by University organist Christopher Marks.

The Brahms Festival is a yearlong celebration of the works of Johannes Brahms through concerts, classes and seminars co-presented by the Setnor School of Music, the Cassatt Quartet and the Department of Fine Arts in The College of Arts and Sciences.