Photo Credit: Thomas Palmer

Saturday, October 28th -2pm

St. Paul’s United Methodist Church- 12 Marlborough Street, Newport

The Newport String Project is delighted to announce details of the opening weekend of its Newport County Concert Series. The project’s resident ensemble, the Newport String Quartet, will perform thrilling works by Haydn, Mendelssohn, Dvorak and Matsui at St Paul’s Methodist Church in Newport Saturday, October 28th

Composed in 1772, Franz Joseph Haydn’s six “Sun” quartets earned their nickname from the striking image of the sun emblazoned on the cover of first edition. The Newport String Quartet will perform the soulful and surprising fifth quartet of the set – Quartet in F minor. Also featured on the program is Sato Matsui’s extraordinary evocation of the Japanese sun goddess Amaterasu, who brings about life, hope, future and energy. The quartet will also perform Dvorak’s nostalgic “Cypresses” and Mendelssohn’s lush and blistering Quartet in E flat Major op 12.

Program: Franz Joseph Haydn, String Quartet in f minor, op. 20 no. 5

Antonin Dvorak, Cypresses

Sato Matsui, Amaterasu

Felix Mendelssohn, String Quartet in E-flat, op. 12