Delgani String Quartet Season Opener

Our third season opens with music inspired by and connected to sublime landscapes: Alan Hovhaness’ first quartet (1936) is thematically connected to his second symphony (1955) entitled Mysterious Mountain, Antonín Dvorák’s American Quartet was inspired by this country during the composer’s visit in the 1890s, and Benjamin Krause’s new work is inspired by the Oregon Cascades. Krause’s composition is part of Delgani’s Cascade Quartet Project — a documentary on the Oregon Cascade Range supported by a Creative Heights Grant from the Oregon Community Foundation.