The master guitarist and the winners of the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition perform Baroque to Piazzolla to Broadway to The Beatles.

MILOŠ is one of the world’s most celebrated classical guitarists. His career began its meteoric rise in 2011, with the release of his international best-selling Deutsche Grammophon debut album Mediterraneo. Since then, he has earned legions of fans, awards, and acclaim around the world through his extensive touring, six chart topping recordings, and television appearances.

Praised for their “virtuosity, visceral expression, and rare unity of intention” (Boston Globe), the Viano Quartet is one of the most sought-after young performing ensembles today. The Quartet has collaborated with world-class musicians such as pianists Emanuel Ax, Marc-André Hamelin, Inon Barnatan, and Elisso Virsaladze, violists Paul Coletti and Paul Neubauer, violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley, vocalist Hila Plitmann, and clarinetist David Shifrin. 

Program: 

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Allegro, vivo e schietto from Guitar Quintet, op. 143

Benedetto Marcello: Adagio from Oboe Concerto in D Minor

Luigi Boccherini: Fandango from Quintet in D Major, G. 448

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Andante mesto from Guitar Quintet, op. 143

Antonio Vivaldi: Larghetto from Trio Sonata in C Major, RV 82

Malcolm Arnold: Serenade for Guitar and Strings, op. 50

Astor Piazzolla: “Libertango”

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Scherzo: Allegro con spirito, alla Marcia from Guitar Quintet, op. 143

Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 2 (“Company”)

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Finale: Allegro con fuoco from Guitar Quintet, op. 143

Pablo Casals: “Song of the Birds”

Harold Arlen: “Over the Rainbow”

The Beatles: “Eleanor Rigby”

Max Richter: “On the Nature of Daylight”

The Beatles: “Here Comes the Sun”