Discovering the Amatis: Concert Series
A performance by the Crossroute String Quartet of Regina
The University of Saskatchewan Amati string instruments will be presented in a concert series featuring various musicians from fall 2022 until spring 2023.
Date: Sunday, Oct. 23
Time: 3 pm
Location: Convocation Hall, Peter MacKinnon Building, 107 Administration Pl., Saskatoon
Tickets: Purchase on Eventbrite | $35 general; $10 student | Season tickets available
About this event
Crossroute String Quartet
Program:
L. v. Beethoven: Quartet Op. 130
Dinuk Wijeratne “A letter from the After-life” from Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems (2015)
The Crossroute String Quartet is comprised of the principal string players of the Regina Symphony Orchestra. Concertmaster Christian Robinson, Principal 2nd violin HengHan Hou, Principal viola Jonathan Ward, and Principal cello Simon Fryer perform together regularly in the beautiful chamber music setting of Regina’s Government House and throughout the region. Increasingly in demand as a quartet, the members of Crossroute enjoy a rich and varied repertoire of music from the earliest string quartets to the present day, including the first cycle of the complete Beethoven string quartets in the city's history.
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