The Alexander String Quartet with Michael Newman and Laura Oltman

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

The Alexander String Quartet and guitar duo Michael Newman and Laura Oltman join host Robert Sherman in a program of chamber music. Works include Haydn's String Quartet in G Major, Op. 76 No. 1, Jean Françaix' Divertissement, The Father's Lament and Dance and Carolan's Concerto from Arnold Black's Laments and Dances From The Irish, and the Presto con brio from Mendelssohn's String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 44, No. 1.

The program, sponsored by Marine Midland Bank, was recorded at the New York Times Auditorium before a studio audience.


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