Webern Quartet Performs Schoenberg String Quartets

Experience the complete cycle of Arnold Schoenberg’s four string quartets in captivating performances by the acclaimed Webern Quartet. Hailed by The New Yorker’s Alex Ross for revealing “the through line of Schoenberg’s personality, which is by turns impassioned, whimsical, savage, melancholy,” the Webern Quartet brings their fresh interpretation to this landmark music.

Joining them for Quartet No. 2 is renowned soprano Diana Newman, a graduate of the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center, whose career spans performances with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and stages across the world.

Please join us as we continue our celebration of the 150th anniversary year of Arnold Schoenberg (UCLA Professor from 1936 to 1944).

This event is made possible by the David and Irmgard Dobrow Fund. Classical music was a passion of the Dobrows, who established a generous endowment at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music to make programs like this possible. We are proud to celebrate this program as part of the 2024 - 25 Dobrow Series.

Info: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 30 (1927)

String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 7 (1905)

Info: String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37 (1936)

String Quartet No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 10 (1908)
Diane Newman, soprano

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