Harlem Quartet with Michael Brown

The Grammy-winning, New York-based Harlem Quartet and pianist-composer Michael Brown present a fierce program that features the beauty and versatility of the string quartet and piano for Concerts from the Library of Congress. Known for its concept of cross-pollination, the idea that there are common factors across different musical styles, the Harlem Quartet brings together an extraordinarily diverse program drawn from composers of different times and backgrounds. Performers: Ilmar Gavilán & Melissa White, violin Jaime Amador, viola Felix Umansky, cello Program 00:30 AMY BEACH (1813-1901) Quintet in F-sharp minor for piano and strings, op. 67 (1907) 32:56 GUIDO LÓPEZ GAVILÁN Cuarteto en Guaguancó (2005/2016) 41:05 BILLY STRAYHORN (1915-1967) Take the A Train (1939) 49:32 DELPHINE VON SCHAUROTH (1814-1887) Selected Song Without Words, op. 18/1, 3 & 4 55:38 FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Rondo Capriccioso, op. 1