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Friday in NYC: 'Beethoven and Bluegrass' with fiddler Mark O'Connor
Press Release
April 21, 2025
For Immediate Release
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Friday, April 25: "Beethoven & Bluegrass" at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
Featuring Grammy award-winning fiddlers Mark and Maggie O'Connor and the Vega Quartet
Award-winning string quartet joins O'Connors for an evening of Beethoven, bluegrass duos, and original music by Mark O'Connor
On April 25, 7:30 pm, at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, Mark and Maggie O'Connor join the Vega Quartet for "Beethoven & Bluegrass." The concert is presented by Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta.
The genre-blending program features the Vega Quartet (Emory University's String Quartet-in-Residence) performing Beethoven's String Quartet No. 11, Op. 95 and Mark O'Connor's String Quartet No. 2 "Bluegrass."
About his quartet, O'Connor says: "From the bouncy bluegrass vocal-like melodies, to the blistering fast hot licks, to the rhythmic bow “chopping” to the gospel yearnings of the slow movement, I wanted to comprehensively dive down deep into the strains of this music. I wanted to further discover what this American musical art form means to string playing."
Read more about the work, and full program, in an interview with O'Connor here.
Mark and Maggie O'Connor take the stage to play bluegrass duos for the second half of the concert, which concludes with all six musicians performing Mark's famous "Appalachia Waltz." That work's recording with O'Connor, Yo Yo Ma, and bassist Edgar Meyer sold over one million copies.
"Beethoven & Bluegrass" with Mark and Maggie O'Connor and the Vega Quartet takes place at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall (154 West 57th Street) on Friday, April 25, 2025 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $50, available at CarnegieHall.org | CarnegieCharge 212-247-7800 | Box Office at 57th and Seventh. The concert is presented by Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta with generous support from Sheila and Jon Davies and Dr. John and Linda Cooke.
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