Garneau String Quartet Concert: The Music of Talk

Get a season pass and join us for the first concert of the series featuring CBC’s Tom Allen, who returns as host and curator exploring the connection between music and speech. Our season opener includes our world première commission by Nicole Lizée for string quartet, harp, and narrator with harpist Lori Gemmell supported by The Scott Griffin Foundation.

The Garneau String Quartet 2024/25 Concert Series is an intimate and immersive series featuring guest artists such as Angela Cheng, CBC’s Tom Allen, Lori Gemmel, Steve Dann, Cameron Crozman, and members of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. The quartet is comprised of members of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra: violinists Robert Uchida and Laura Veeze, violist Keith Hamm, and cellist Julie Hereish.

Concert Program:
String Quartet in G Major, Op. 33, No. 5 ​“How do you do?” / F. J. Haydn
Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 / G. Mahler
​“Strum” / J. Montgomery
Sonata for Violin and Cello, first movement / M. Ravel
​“El Dorado” / M. Mozetich
(New Commission) / N. Lizée

Tickets may also be purchased over the phone at 780−420−1757 or in person at the Edmonton Arts Council Shop & Services, 9930 102 Avenue NW