Dalí Quartet
Music at St. Paul’s announces its 2019-20 Artist Series season presenting four concerts featuring a wide range of music performed by internationally renowned artists. All concerts take place at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 305 W. Seventh St. (at Pine) in downtown Chattanooga. Season subscriptions and single tickets may be purchased in advance through the St. Paul’s website. Tickets for each concert will also be sold at the door. For tickets and more information, visit: http://www.stpaulschatt.org/concert-season/
Review for the performances:
This season’s St. Paul’s Artist Series opens on Friday at 7:30, with a return of the exciting and adventurous Dalí Quartet (Dominic Salerni and Carlos Rubio, violins; Adriana Linares, viola; Jesús Morales, cello). Their all-Latin program features Hispanic composers from the 19th century to the present, including Arriaga’s String Quartet No. 3 (Spain); Ginastera’s String Quartet No. 1 (Argentina); Sonia Morales’s Divertimento Cariben~o No. 3 (Puerto Rico); Javier Alvarez’s Metro Chabacano (Mexico); Astor Piazzola’s Tango Ballet (Argentina).
The Dalí Quartet returns to the St. Paul’s Artist Series with their signature “Classical Roots, Latin Soul” flair in their adventurous programming and lively, passionate performances. 1st violinist Dominc Salerni said, “Our mission is to introduce audiences to pieces of music that they might not have heard before. What makes the Dalí Quartet unique is that we’re presenting either material that derives from the Latin American experience, or classical music written by Latino composers. I think there’s sort of this misnomer or this idea that the canon of classical music is only German and Austrian and French and other European composers. That couldn’t be further from the truth.”
Paul Thomas, St. Paul’s Music Director, said, “On behalf of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and the Friends of Music, it is my great pleasure to introduce our 2019-20 Artist Series. Each concert will take place in our newly renovated and acoustically improved Nave. The arches will surely ring with glorious sounds from this season’s accomplished performers. In all of our music, we pursue those moments when heaven's music breaks onto our earthly plane, and we catch glimpses of the glory of God. We hope you will come and experience this beauty with us this season."
The 2019-2020 Artists Series continues on Friday, Dec 6: The King’s Counterpoint, Charleston-based vocal ensemble presenting Angelus ad Virginum, a candlelight concert of music for Advent and Christmas through the centuries; Friday, Jan. 31: A Golden Wire, the New York City-based period instrument ensemble, presenting No Noise or Silence: Music of the English Restoration; Friday, March 20: Keith Reas, former organist and music director at St. Paul’s returning for a virtuoso performance on the mighty Casavant organ; and Friday, May 8: In Splendoribus Sanctorum: Sacred Music from Venice, featuring music by Monteverdi and Gabrieli performed by the St. Paul’s Choir, the Chattanooga Bach Choir with the Washington Cornett and Sackbutt ensemble and musicians from the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra.
Series subscriptions are $160, $120, $100 and single tickets are $40, $30, $25 and $10. For more information and tickets visit http://www.stpaulschatt.org/concert-season/.
Dalí Quartet