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Midsummer’s Music Presents Pro Arte Quaret to Door County

Midsummer’s Music is proud to present the Pro Arte Quartet on Wednesday, May 11 at Ephraim Moravian Church at 7:30 pm. The legendary Pro Arte Quartet is the oldest continually active string quartet in the world. They are celebrating their 100th anniversary in 2011/2012. The Pro Arte Quartet will perform music by String Samuel Barber, Franz Schubert, and W.A. Mozart.

This extraordinary ensemble has been in continuous existence since its founding in 1911/1912 by students at the Brussels Conservatory. Their first visit to Madison was in 1938, where, two years later, the musicians were stranded by Hitler’s invasion of Belgium and the outbreak of World War II. Following their concert on campus, the University of Wisconsin chancellor offered a permanent home to the quartet – it was the first such residency ever in a major American university, and became the model on which many other similar arrangements were developed at other institutions.

Today’s Pro Arte Quartet features cellist Parry Karp, violinist Suzanne Beia, and two of Midsummer’s Music musicians – violinist David Perry and violist Sally Chisholm. Guest violist, Catherine Consiglio, will be featured in Mozart’s Viola Quintet in D Major, K. 593.

For more information or to purchase tickets call 920.854.7088 or visit http://www.midsummersmusic.com.