Tickets are now on sale for the 2019 Alaska Airlines Winter Classics!

Experience the intimate beauty of chamber music with the New York City-based Attacca Quartet February 8-10 in Anchorage.  The Attacca Quartet has served as the Juilliard Resident String Quartet and the Quartet in Residence for the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.  The quartet will present half of Beethoven’s String Quartets in four concerts on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The other half of Beethoven’s String Quartets will be presented during Winter Classics 2020, as a culminating celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday.

Along with the Beethoven String Quartets, the Attacca Quartet will perform works by Gabriella Smith, Caroline Shaw, and John Adams.  The full weekend schedule is as follows:

Museum concert – Fri, Feb 8, Anchorage Museum, Noon
Beethoven                   String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95   “Serioso”
Beethoven                   String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1   “Razumovsky”

Friday, February 8 – 7:30 pm, UAA Recital Hall
Beethoven                   String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1
Gabriella Smith           Carrot Revolution
Beethoven                   String Quartet No 12 in E Flat Major, Op. 127

Informance Saturday morning, February 9,10:00 am, UAA Recital Hall
Beethoven                   String Quartet No. 10 in E Flat Major, Op. 74   “Harp”

Saturday, February 9 – 7:30 pm, UAA Recital Hall
Beethoven                   String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2
Caroline Shaw            Entr’acte
Beethoven                   String Quartet No. 14 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 131

Sunday, February 10 – 4:00 pm, UAA Recital Hall
Beethoven                   String Quartet No. 10 in E Flat Major, Op. 74   “Harp”
John Adams                String Quartet No. 2
Beethoven                   String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3   “Hero”

Purchase tickets to individual concerts or join us for the whole concert series.

Many thanks to Alaska Airlines, the Atwood Foundation, the UAA Department of Music, Crush, Spenard Roadhouse, and South restaurants, and the Aspen Suites Hotel for all the support they provide for our Autumn & Winter Classics.