Emerson String Quartet presented by Chamber Music Houston

This legendary ensemble, though retiring, offered a special performance in tribute to a beloved Houston audience and the friendships forged over the past five decades. TIME Magazine describes Emerson as “America’s Greatest Quartet.” Tonight's program features works by Mendelssohn and Beethoven, with a new work by Sarah Kirkland Snider, commissioned for the Emerson String Quartet’s retirement. PROGRAM SARAH KIRKLAND SNIDER new commission for ESQ BEETHOVEN Quartet in C-sharp minor op.131 MENDELSSOHN Octet in E-flat op.20 PERFORMERS: Eugene Drucker, violin; Philip Setzer, violin; Larry Dutton, viola; and Paul Watkins, cello