2023 Chamber Music America String Quartet of the Year and Silver Medal winner of the Piazzolla Music Competition, the Dalí Quartet is renowned for their innovative programming bringing the spotlight to Latin American repertoire. They came to the Library of Congress to perform on the Library’s historic stringed instruments with a beautifully curated program featuring works by Puerto Rican composer Sonia Morales-Matos, Spanish composer Turina, Cuban clarinetist and composer Paquito D’Rivera, Beethoven and Weber.

Performers: Ari Isaacman-Beck & Carlos Rubio, Violin, Adriana Linares, Viola, Jesús Morales, Cello,Ricardo Morales, Clarinet.

Program:
[01:06] Sonia Morales-Matos (b. 1961), Divertimento Caribeño no. 3 (2018)
[13:00] Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826), Clarinet Quintet in B-flat major, op. 34 (1811-1815), Allegro, Fantasia: Adagio ma non troppo, Menuetto: Capriccio presto, Rondo: Allegro giocoso
[42:50] Paquito D'Rivera (b. 1948) /, Gustavo Tavares (b. 1948), Preludio y Merengue (2003; arr. 2013)
[51:22 ] Joaquín Turina (1882-1949), La oración del torero, op. 34 (1925-6)
[01:00:32] Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), String Quartet in C major, op. 59/3 (“Rasumovsky”) (1806), Introduzione: Andante con moto–Allegro vivace, Andante con moto quasi allegretto, Minuet: Grazioso–Trio, Allegro molto.
[01:35:00] Juan Bautista Plaza (1898 -1965), Fuga Criolla (1932)

For transcript and more information, visit https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-11274