Sunday Afternoon Live: Pro Arte Quartet

Join us in the Chazen Lobby for an incredible concert featuring one of the world’s most distinguished string quartets, Pro Arte Quartet!

David Perry, violin

Suzanne Beia, violin

Sally Chisholm, viola

Parry Karp, cello

Program

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About the Ensemble

The Pro Arte Quartet (PAQ) is one of the world’s most distinguished string quartets. Founded by conservatory students in Brussels in 1912, it became one of the most celebrated ensembles in Europe in the first half of the twentieth century and was named Court Quartet to the Queen of Belgium. Its world reputation blossomed in 1919 when it began the first of many tours that enticed notable composers such as Milhaud, Honegger, Martin, and Casella to write new works for the ensemble. In addition, Bartók dedicated his fourth quartet to the PAQ (1927). In 1936, PAQ gave the premiere of Barber’s String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 11, with the now-famous Adagio for Strings as its slow movement.

PAQ made its New York debut in 1926 and toured the United States frequently under the auspices of Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. The quartet was performing in Madison, Wisconsin in May 1940 when Nazi forces invaded Belgium. UW–Madison responded to the emergency by offering the quartet a permanent campus home, the first such arrangement at a major American university. PAQ’s residency at the University became a model of artist residencies that is now widely emulated throughout the country.

Together since 1995, PAQ’s current members are David Perry and Suzanne Beia, violin; Sally Chisholm, viola; and Parry Karp, cello. They have recorded works of Mendelssohn, Dvořák, Rhodes, Shapey, Sessions, Fennelly, Diesendruck, and the PAQ’s centennial commissions.

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IMPORTANT EVENT DETAILS

Attendance is limited and tickets are required for a seat in the Sunday Afternoon Live audience section. Please arrive by 12:15 pm to find your seat, or your tickets may be forfeited to walk-in guests. Running late? Simply e-mail [email protected] for us to hold your spot!

The Chazen Lobby will remain open to the public during the concert. Museum goers without tickets may still enjoy the concert from our café tables or while exploring the galleries.

Unable to join us live at the Chazen Museum of Art? A video of this performance will be live streamed on the Chazen Museum of Art Facebook page. No registration is required for streaming from home.

Host or Publisher Chazen Museum of Art