Eat, Drink, Play 'New Beginnings' with Opus 76 Quartet
Midwest Trust Center 12345 College Blvd, Overland Park, Kansas
$15 per household
A link to access the stream will be sent 24 hours before showtime for your exclusive viewing experience.
Create a date night at home with beautiful chamber music and a fabulous recipe from a local chef.
Midwest Trust Center and Opus 76 Quartet invite you to “Eat, Drink, Play: New Beginnings” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 1. Tickets are $15/household. After purchase, a link to the recital will be sent 24 hours before the first day of access and available on demand through April 15.
This unique “date night in” is approximately one hour in length and features lively performances filmed in Yardley Hall. Our featured chef is Dr. Andrea Broomfield, JCCC Associate Professor of English, food historian and author of “Food and Cooking in Victorian England” and “Kansas City: A Food Biography.” Broomfield’s recipe will be provided to purchasers prior to the broadcast.
Program
"The Seven Last Words of Christ" Op. 51 by Joseph Haydn (brief excerpts)
String Quartet No. 12, Op. 96 “The American” by Antonín Dvořák (Sunrise youth quartet will perform the second movement only)
String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44, No. 1 by Felix Mendelssohn
Program Notes
Opus 76 Quartet: Sunrise Program
This mentoring initiative by The Friends of The Opus 76 Quartet provides four talented musicians, high school age or younger from the Kansas City Metro area, with:
- Free in-person quartet coaching and mentoring from members of the quartet
- Free coaching from eminent classical musicians from around the world
- Two feature performances at Opus 76 Quartet concerts during the 2020/21 season
This program identifies and nurtures talented musicians who aspire to a career in classical music and gives successful applicants the opportunity to experience being in a professional string quartet – from the practice room to the stage.