FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 64 No. 3, Hob.III:67
I. Vivace assai
II. Adagio
III. Menuetto: Allegretto
IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito

KEVIN PUTS
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– Intermission (10 mins) –

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
String Quartet No. 13, Op. 106
I. Allegro moderato
II. Adagio ma non troppo
III. Molto vivace
IV. Finale: Andante sostenuto – Allegro con fuoco

The Miró Quartet is one of America’s most celebrated string quartets, having performed throughout the world on the most prestigious concert stages. For twenty-five years the Miró has performed a wide range of repertoire that pays homage to the legacy of the string quartet while looking forward to the future of chamber music by commissioning new works and collaborating with some of today’s most important artists. Formed in 1995, the Miró Quartet has been awarded first prize at several competitions including the Banff International String Quartet Competition and Naumburg Chamber Music Competition; and in 2005, became the first ensemble ever to be awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant. The Miró is quartet-in-residence at Chamber Music North- west in Portland, OR and Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival in Washington State. The Miró Quartet took its name and its inspiration from the Spanish artist Joan Miró, whose Surrealist works — with subject matter drawn from the realm of memory, dreams, and imagi- native fantasy — are some of the most groundbreaking, influential, and admired of the 20th century.