The legendary American String Quartet opens our season with Mozart's elegant String Quartet, K. 589, one of his celebrated "Prussian" quartets. Artistic Director Linda Chesis will join the ensemble for Charles Bordes' colorful Suite Basque, inspired by rich folk traditions. The evening concludes with Brahms' breathtaking String Quintet No. 2 in G major, op. 111, a tour de force of sweeping grandeur, full of buoyant high spirits quite unlike any of his other chamber works.