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The Brentano String Quartet
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
by: Kathy Coyle

On March 3rd at SOPAC, Seton Hall University's Arts Council will present the internationally renowned Brentano String Quartet in a concert featuring "The Seven Last Words of Christ" by Haydn with poetry by Mark Strand. 

Actor Walter Van Dyke will narrate. A special pre-concert lecture, free to the public, will be given by Robert Waters, Assistant Professor of Music History at Seton Hall University and former music critic of The Washington Post. 

The lecture begins at 6:30 PM and the concert begins at 7:30 PM. Tickets for this concert are $25, $15 for seniors and $8 for all Seton Hall students, employees and faculty. Call the SOPAC Box Office to purchase tickets at (973) 313-2787.

"The Seven Last Words of Christ" features seven meditations on the last words of Jesus Christ. The piece was commissioned in 1787 for performance on Good Friday. More than two centuries later, The Brentano String Quartet commissioned poetry from the celebrated poet and Pulitzer Prize winner, Mark Strand to accompany Haydn's extraordinary work.  

For more information please contact:
Kathy Coyle
(973) 378-2647
coylekat@shu.edu