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Sunday, 1 September 2024 @ 19:30 – 21:00 – In the Finale Concert of BISQFest 2024, Viano Quartet performs L.V. Beethoven’s Op. 18, No. 4, Samuel Barber’s String Quartet Op. 11, and Franz Schubert’s String Quintet along with cellist Adrian Fung

Sunday, 1 September 2024 @ 14:30 – 16:00 – Richard Strauss’ Metamorphosen anchors this afternoon concert of music & dialogue hosted by award-winning author Jeremy Eichler, joined by Banff Festival Strings. This unique concert presentation explores Eichler’s work in “Times Echo”, a book on music, war and memory with performance of Strauss’ Metamorphosen featuring 23 festival artists.

Sunday, 1 September 2024 @ 10:30 – 12:00 – Ehnes Quartet is hailed as a dream-team line-up by Strings Magazine with its internationally renowned members violinists James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz Moretti, violist Richard O’Neill, and cellist Edward Arron. Performing L.V. Beethoven’s Op. 59, No. 1 and Claude Debussy’s String Quartet Op. 10, this will be a tour-de-force concert not to be missed!

Saturday, 31 August 2024 @ 19:30 – 21:00 – Featuring the 14th Banff International String Quartet Competition laureates, Isidore String Quartet, joined by composer and pianist Andy Milne for the world premiere of his new quintet commissioned by BISQC. Other works to be performed include Ruth Crawford Seeger’s String Quartet 1931, as well as P.I. Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence for String Sextet with James […]

Saturday, 31 August 2024 @ 14:30 – 16:00 – Israeli Chamber Project musicians Itamar Zorman (violin), Guy Ben-Ziony (viola), Tibi Cziger (clarinet), and Assaff Weisman (piano) perform: Rebecca Clarke: Dumka for violin, viola and piano Sebastian Currier: Verge for clarinet, violin and piano Bohuslav Martinů: Three Madrigals for violin and viola, H. 313 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Kegelstatt Trio for clarinet, viola and piano in […]

Saturday, 31 August 2024 @ 10:30 – 12:00 – Kronos Quartet founder David Harrington hosts this program of quartets from the project Fifty for the Future. This monumental project of Kronos Quartet created a new catalogue of works for string quartet, from composers around the world. This program features 5 of these amazing works performed by the festival artists.

Friday, 30 August 2024 @ 19:30 – 21:00 – Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenberg Concerto No. 3 in G Major BWV 1038 Edward Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op. 47 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E flat Major, K. 364 1

Friday, 30 August 2024 @ 14:30 – 16:00 – Sibling’s Bryan Cheng (cello) and Silvie Cheng (piano) perform: Jean Sibelius: Romance, Op. 78 No. 2 Edvard Grieg: Sonata for Cello and Piano in A minor, Op. 36 Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei, Op. 47 Dinuk Wijeratne: Portrait of the Imagined Sibling