20200223b Borromeo SQ Mozart K387

February 23, 2020
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
Special collaborative concert presenting all of the Mozart Flute Quartets
Paula Robison, Flute
Borromeo String Quartet
Faculty Quartet-in-Residence at the New England Conservatory of Music
Nicholas Kitchen and Kristopher Tong, Violins
Mai Motobuchi, Viola
Yeesun Kim, Cello
Full program (same as full playlist):
Mozart Flute Quartet in C K. 285b
Mozart String Quartet in G Major, K. 387 (this video)
Allegro vivace assai
Menuetto (6:02)
Andante cantabile (14:11)
Molto allegro (21:32)
Mozart Flute Quartet in G K. 285a
Intermission
Mozart Flute Quartet in A K. 298
Mozart Flute Quartet in D K. 285
Mozart two arias from "The Marriage of Figaro" K. 492 arranged for Flute and String Quartet by Nicholas Kitchen and Paula Robison
"Voi che sapete"
"Non so più"
On February 23, 2020 the Borromeo String Quartet joined Paula Robison in Jordan Hall for a special celebratory concert playing all of the flute quartets of Mozart, as well as one of the string quartets Mozart dedicated to Haydn and two arias from the Marriage of Figaro arranged for Flute and String Quartet by Paula Robison and Nicholas Kitchen.
It was a joy to present this concert together. The Borromeo Quartet has had the privilege of collaborating with Paula Robison since 1990 when they first played together at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Spoleto Festivals in Charleston, South Carolina and in Spoleto, Italy. The Borromeo Quartet worked together with Paula and her husband Scott Nickrenz for the next decade at the Spoleto Festival. Scott Nickrenz was and is one of the most important mentors for the Borromeo Quartet, being a great quartet player himself and being a brilliant presenter who never failed to help the quartet seek its greatest playing. Paula was and is a constant inspiration as a true virtuoso and an artist who always summons the real spark of creativity from herself and everyone playing with her. She also tirelessly and enchantingly introduced every piece of music played in the Spoleto concerts, both in English and Italian!
Thank you, Paula, for playing this music with us, and thank you for being such an inspiration to us and to all those that have the privilege of hearing you and working with you!
Borromeo String Quartet