VSMF – Dover Quartet

Saturday, May 24, 2025 – 2:00 pm (matinee – note: change in time)
Pre-concert talk: 1:30 pm

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Quartet in D major, K. 575
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928): Quartet No. 1 (“Kreutzer Sonata”)
– intermission –
Robert Schumann (1810-1856): Quartet No. 1 in a minor, Op. 41, No. 1

DOVER QUARTET
Joel Link, violin
Bryan Lee, violin
Julianne Lee, viola
Camden Shaw, cello

Named one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years by BBC Music Magazine and “the next Guarneri Quartet” by the Chicago Tribune, the two-time GRAMMY-nominated Dover Quartet is one of the world’s most in-demand chamber ensembles. The group’s awards include a stunning sweep of all prizes at the 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition, grand and first prizes at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, and prizes at the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition. Its honors include the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award, and Lincoln Center’s Hunt Family Award. The Dover Quartet is the Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence at the Curtis Institute of Music and Quartet in Residence at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music.

Victoria Summer Music Festival

The Victoria Summer Music Festival Society seeks to encourage and further interest in and appreciation of classical music in Victoria through the presentation of public concerts, staging an annual festival that enables Greater Victoria residents to experience high-quality chamber music, both well-known and new works, performed by local, Canadian, and international musicians and artists.