Ariel Quartet presents Haydn, Haas and Brahms in concert on Oct. 25

This concert also features new CCM faculty members Ayane Kozasa and Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir

Story by CCM Graduate Student Chet Rhodes

The Ariel Quartet, CCM's string quartet-in-residence, continues its fall concert series with an evening of Haydn, Haas and Brahms beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25, in Robert J. Werner Recital Hall. Tickets are on sale now through the CCM Box Office.

The internationally acclaimed Ariel Quartet — comprised of Alexandra “Sasha” Kazovsky, violin; Amit Even-Tov, cello; Gershon Gerchikov, violin; and Jan Grüning, viola — has been teaching and performing at CCM for the past 10 years. They are joined on Oct. 25 by new CCM faculty artists Ayane Kozasa, viola, and Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello.

A portrait of CCM Assistant Professor of Viola Ayane Kozasa. Photo/Shervin Lainez

CCM Assistant Professor of Viola Ayane Kozasa. Photo/Shervin Lainez

A portrait of CCM Assistant Professor of Cello Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir. Photo/Provided

CCM Assistant Professor of Cello Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir. Photo/Provided

Showcasing the extensive range of the Ariel Quartet’s elegant virtuosity, this concert features Joseph Haydn's String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20, No. 5 and Pavel Haas' String Quartet No. 2, Op. 7 ("From the Monkey Mountains"). After an intermission, the program concludes with Johannes Brahms’ String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36.

This blockbuster program opens with a weighty work that is sure to wow audiences. Haydn’s quartet is a sharp contrast from his lighter earlier compositions for this ensemble. In fact, many consider this opus to be the birth of the string quartet as a serious, passionate genre.

Though not as famed as Haydn or Brahms, Haas' stunning quartet is no less emotional. Heralded by BBC Music Magazine as "a work of intense drama and visionary effects," this memorable piece was written in 1925, after a stay in the Moravian Highlands. As one of his earlier works, this quartet helped to push Haas into the public spotlight. Remembered particularly for his song cycles and string quartets, Haas' career was brutally cut short in the concentration camps of World War II.

Premiered in Boston, Massachusetts in 1866, Brahms’ sextet sees the Ariel Quartet joined by CCM string faculty artists Ayane Kozasa, viola, and Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello. According to biographer Karl Geiringer, this work references one of Brahms’ love interests, and showcases all his usual structure and romanticism.

Tickets for the Ariel Quartet's Oct. 25 concert can be purchased online through CCM’s box office, over the phone at 513-556-4183 or in person at the CCM Box Office in the atrium of UC’s Corbett Center for the Performing Arts.

Performance Time

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25

Location

Robert J. Werner Recital Hall, CCM Village
University of Cincinnati

Purchasing Tickets

Single tickets are $29.50; student and group discounts available. Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCM Box Office, over the telephone at 513-556-4183 or online now through our e-box office.

Learn about additional ticket options for current CCM students.

Directions and Parking

CCM is located on the campus of the University of Cincinnati. For detailed driving directions, visit ccm.uc.edu/directions.

Parking is available in UC's CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. 

CCM OnStage patrons can add pre-paid parking to their checkout carts when purchasing tickets. Pre-paid parking is date/performance specific. CCM Garage parking rates for a performance or special event is usually available for $10-15. Learn more about parking at UC's CCM Garage.

For additional information on parking at UC, please visit uc.edu/about/parking.

Louise Dieterle Nippert Trust
Scholarship and Resident Artist Sponsor
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
CSO/CCM Diversity Fellowship Sponsor
The Corbett Endowment at CCM
Dance Department Sponsor
All-Steinway School Sponsor
Louise H. & David S. Ingalls Foundation, Inc.
Community Partners
The Joseph and Frances Jones Poetker Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation, Ritter & Randolph, LLC, Corporate Counsel
Visiting Artists & Thinking About Music Sponsor
Dr. & Mrs. Carl G. Fischer 
Greg Mathein 
Gary & Barb Cummins 
Jim & Linda Miller 
George & Carroll Roden
Musical Theatre Department Sponsors
Genevieve Smith
Opera Production Sponsor
Rafael and Kimberly de Acha
Opera D’Arte Sponsor
An Anonymous Donor
Estate of Mr. William A. Friedlander
Mrs. William A. Friedlander
Dr. Randolph L. Wadsworth
Judith Schonbach Landgren and Peter Landgren
Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Santen
Elizabeth C.B. Sittenfeld
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Stegman
Mrs. Theodore W. Striker
Mrs. Harry M. Hoffheimer
Ariel Quartet Sponsors
Jan Rogers
Willard and Jean Mulford Charitable Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation
Choral Studies Sponsors
Anonymous
  Classical Guitar Sponsor

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn
Orchestral Sponsor
Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation
Starling Pre-Collegiate Sponsor
Starling Strings Sponsor
Dr. Timothy E. and Janet L. Johnson
Thom Miles and Roberta Gary
Organ Department Sponsors
Keyboard Club of Cincinnati
Louis and Susan Meisel
Piano Department Sponsors
Kevin and Nancy Rhein
   Wind Studies Sponsor
Buddy Rogers Music
LINKS Sponsor
Sponsors listed as of Sept. 7, 2023
Headshot of Chet Rhodes

Chet Rhodes

CCM Graduate Assistant, Marketing + Communications

Currently a Bassoon Performance master’s student at CCM, Chet received a Bachelor of Music from the University of Utah. He has held positions with the Salt Lake Symphony and the Utah Philharmonia.

A preeminent institution for the performing and media arts, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) is the largest single source of performing arts presentations in the state of Ohio. All event dates and programs are subject to change. For a complete calendar of events, visit ccm.uc.edu/onstage.  


Featured image at the top: The Ariel Quartet, string quartet-in-residence at CCM.

Additional Contacts

Rebecca Butts | Assistant Public Information Officer | UC College-Conservatory of Music

| 513-556-2675

Related Stories

1

See a concert or show at CCM: Fall schedule of major events now...

August 15, 2023

Experience world-class performances by the next generation of performing and media artists at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM)! The college’s fall 2023 schedule of ticketed events is now available; tickets are on sale beginning 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15 through the CCM Box Office website.

2

CCM shares spring 2023 schedule of major performances and events

November 22, 2022

Audiences are invited to return to the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music’s (CCM) concert halls and theaters to experience world-class performances and presentations by the next generation of performing and media artists! The college’s spring 2023 schedule of free and ticketed events is now available. Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning on Monday, Nov. 28, through the CCM Box Office.

3

CCM shares fall 2022 schedule of performances and public events

August 12, 2022

Audiences are invited to return to the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music’s (CCM) concert halls and theaters to experience world-class performances and presentations by the next generation of performing and media artists! The college’s fall 2022 schedule of free and ticketed events is now available. Tickets go on sale beginning on Monday, Aug. 22, through the CCM Box Office website.

Debug Query for this