Whether it’s 2 x 6 or 3 x 4, the math works out for music lovers this week as two masters of the six-string guitar and three great string quartets grace stages across Minnesota and beyond. Let’s run the numbers:
Guitarist Jason Vieaux (“Perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation,” according to NPR) visits Grand Forks at the North Dakota Museum of Art on Sunday, April 13, no doubt featuring highlights from his recent J.S. Bach recording. Meanwhile in St. Paul, the Minnesota Guitar Society presents Kevin Loh to wrap up its International Artist Series.
The Grammy-winning Pacifica Quartet returns to Minnesota for Dvořák and Shostakovich at the MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis. Also this weekend, there’s the eclectic, mononymic quartet called ETHEL, known for collaborations, including with Kurt Elling, Joe Jackson, Todd Rundgren and David Byrne. On Friday, April 11, ETHEL shares the stage with master musician, storyteller and Taos Pueblo elder Robert Mirabal at Luther College.
Rounding out our string quartet hat trick is the Mill City Quartet. Actually, it’s a quintet with the addition of soprano Stacey Mastrian for an evening of Ottorino Respighi, Clara Schumann, Jesse Montgomery, Caroline Shaw and more to round out this season of the Chamber Music Society of St. Cloud.
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