BLACKSBURG, Va., Sept. 1 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
The internationally acclaimed Isidore String Quartet makes its Center for the Arts debut on Friday, Sept. 25, at 7:30 p.m. with a program of four distinctive works spanning a century of chamber music.
Winners of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 2022 Banff International String Quartet Competition, the New York City-based ensemble approaches the repertoire with a spirit of rediscovery, moving from the sharp contrasts of Benjamin Britten and the dramatic intensity of Joseph Haydn to the lyrical charm of Frank Bridge and the stormy emotional power of Felix Mendelssohn.
The evening opens with Britten's "Three Divertimenti...