Mozart Mimosa

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Musical Brunch with Ximenez String Quartet

Dig into a double musical breakfast—a Mozart string quartet, served alongside four quartet movements by composers who had an influence on the young Wolfgang.

Enjoy with a sweet or savoury waffle plus mimosa or coffee.

Works by Mozart, Gossec, Pleyel, Chevalier de St-Georges, Haydn and Ximenez.

Tickets

40 $ - regular, 35 $ - 65 years and older, 30$ - students

L'Orbite (metro Champ-de-Mars)
406, Notre-Dame Street East
Montreal QC
Canada

Notes de programme

Mimosa Mozart

Musical Brunch with the Ximenez String Quartet
String Quartet in the 19th century
Artist(s) and Ensemble(s)

Image: A string quartet, lithograph, 19th century

Ximenez Quartet

Karin Cuellar Rendón, first violin
Simon Alexandre, second violin
Jimin Dobson, viola
Jessica Korotkin, cello

Program
The Mimosas

 

François-Joseph Gossec (1734-1829)

String Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 15 (excerpt)
   Larghetto

Ignaz Pleyel, (1757-1831)

String Quartet No. 12 in D Major. B342 (excerpt)
    Adagio espressivo con sordini

Joseph Bologne de Saint-George (1745-1799)

String Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 1 (excerpt)
   Rondeau

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

String Quartet No. 1 in G major, Op. 76 (excerpt)
   Allegro ma non troppo

 

The Mozarts

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

String Quartet no.15 in D min. K421

String Quartet no.20 in D maj. K499

String Quartet no.23 in F maj. K590

   Allegro moderato
   Adagio
   Menuetto (Allegretto)
   Allegro

 

Pedro Ximénez Abril Tirado (1784-1856)

Suite Andina for String Quartet (excerpt)
   Gallinacito

Program Notes

Dig into a double musical breakfast - a Mozart string quartet, served alongside four quartet movements by composers who had an influence on the young Wolfgang.

Biographies

Quatuor à cordes Ximenez

Named after 19th century Peruvian composer Pedro Ximenez Abril Tirado (1784-1856), the Ximenez Quartet was born in the fall of 2019 out of the shared passion for exploring music by lesser-known composers, especially those from the Americas. Montreal based Karin Cuellar (Bolivia), Simon Alexandre (Canada), Jimin Dobson (Korea/Canada), and Jessica Korotkin (USA) have made their mission to bring this repertoire to the concert platform in a sensitive, historically informed, and contextualized manner that aims to place this music in equal terms with music from the canonic, mostly euro-centered repertoire. The Ximenez Quartet has curated concerts for the Schulich School of Music’s 5 à 7 series as well as for the Baroque Orchestra of Colorado’s “Confluences” series.


In 2022, the Ximenez Quartet was selected for Early Music America’s Emerging Artist Showcase, had its Montreal Baroque Festival debut, participated in Evolution: Quartet at The Banff Center, had an artistic residence at Orford Music, and was the only Canadian ensemble to participate on the "XIII Festival Internacional de Música Barroca y Renacentista Misiones de Chiquitos” in Bolivia. In 2023, the Ximenez Quartet will be part of the Bloomington Early Music Festival virtual sessions and will have its US debut presented by Arizona Early Music.