Whitman String Quartet

The Whitman String Quartet, comprised of doctoral students and graduates, was founded at Stony Brook University in 2015. The ensemble has participated in the Philip Setzer String Quartet Intensive, and in the first class of the Emerson String Quartet Institute, studying in coaching and masterclass formats with all five recent members of the acclaimed Emerson String Quartet. The Whitman String Quartet has performed more standard string quartet works from composers such as Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Dohnanyi, Debussy, and Bartok, as well as lesser known and more contemporary works with colleagues in various instrumentations by Zdenek Fibich, Rebecca Clarke, Paul Chihara, Eric Lemmon, Ben Ramey, and others. They are currently featured on concert series hosted by North Shore Pro Musica, Three Village Chamber Players, and more.

Whitman String Quartet members:

Dr. Joenne Dumitrascu, violin

Manaka Matsumoto, violin

Dr. Stephen Gorgone, viola

Wei-An Hung, violoncello

Program:

Mozart, String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, K.157 (1773)

I. Allegro

II. Andante

III. Presto

Beethoven (arr. liltingcovers), Adagio cantabile from Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor ("Pathétique), Op. 13 (1789)

Beethoven, Cavatina (Adagio espressivo) from String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, Op. 130 (1826)

Tchaikovsky, Andante cantabile from String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 (1871)

Borodin, Notturno from String Quartet No. 2 in D Major (1881)

Brahms (arr. Liu), Intermezzo, Op. 118, No. 2 (1893)

Mahler (arr. Gorgone), Opening Theme from Finale from Symphony No. 3 ("What Love Tells Me") (1896)

Webern, Langsamer Satz (1905)