Acclaimed for their profound musical insight and rare tonal beauty, the Escher String Quartet “hold[s] the listener spellbound from first bar to last” (BBC Music Magazine). Named after the Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher for his interplay between individual components working together to form a whole, the Escher Quartet features Adam-Barnett Hart (violin), Aaron Boyd (violin), Pierre LaPointe (viola), and Brook Speltz (cello).

Grammy-winning classical guitarist Jason Vieaux joins the quartet for a program of works by Bach, Mozart, and Boccherini, as well as contemporary composers Duke Ellington, Antônio Carlos Jobim, and Thomas Ades. Vieaux has earned a reputation for putting his expressiveness and virtuosity at the service of a remarkably wide range of music. NPR describes Vieaux as, “perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation.”

Program includes:

• Mozart – Quartet in B-flat Major, K. 458 “Hunt”
• Thomas Ades – Arcadiana for String Quartet
• J.S. Bach – 3 movements from Lute Suite No. 1, BWV 996
• Jobim/Dyens – A Felicidade
• Ellington/Vieaux – In a Sentimental Mode
• Boccherini – Guitar Quintet in D Major, G. 448 “Fandango”