Calendar / Past Events
August 8, 2026 – February 9, 2026
NEC Summer Chamber Music
BSQ performs Dvorak String Quartet in Ab Major, Op. 105 at the opening night of NEC Summer Chamber Music
Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival
BSQ performs in Wellfleet at the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival.
Beethoven String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1
Dvorak String Quartet in Ab, Op. 105
Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival
BSQ performs in Hyannis at the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival.
Beethoven String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1
Dvorak String Quartet in Ab, Op. 105
Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival
BSQ performs at the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival.
Shaw Entr'acte
Beethoven String Quartet in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3
Dvorak String Quartet in Ab, Op. 105
Heifetz Institute - Celebrity Series
BSQ performs Price Five Folksongs in Counterpoint and a selection from Mendelssohn Octet in Eb, Op. 20 with faculty of the Heifetz Institute
Heifetz Institute - Celebrity Series
BSQ performs Brahms G Major Viola Quintet, Op. 111 with Lawrence Dutton, viola
Heifetz Institute - Celebrity Series
BSQ performs Shostakovich-Kitchen Prelude and Fugue in Bb
Heifetz Institute - Heifetz at 30
BSQ performs Beethoven String Quartet in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3
Taos School of Music Faculty Concert
Beethoven String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1
Florence Price Five Folk Songs in Counterpoint
Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major Op. 81
with Robert McDonald, piano
First Monday at Jordan Hall
The BSQ performs as an ensemble and with colleagues on NEC's Faculty Concert Series
Florence Price Five Songs in Counterpoint
Copland Appalachian Spring
Music Mondays with Anne-Marie McDermott
J.S. BACH, arr. N. KITCHEN Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, BWV 849
SHOSTAKOVICH, arr. N. KITCHEN Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Major, Op. 87
STRAVINSKY Three Pieces for String Quartet
CAROLINE SHAW Entr’acte
VIJAY IYER Dig the Say
SCHUMANN Piano Quintet, op. 44
Partnership for the Performing Arts
The BSQ and Verona Quartets join forces to perform three masterworks of the string literature.
Dmitri Shostakovich ‐ Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11
George Enescu ‐ String Octet in C Major, Op. 7
Felix Mendelssohn ‐ String Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
Chamber Music Concerts
The BSQ and Verona Quartets join forces to perform three masterworks of the string literature.
Dmitri Shostakovich ‐ Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11
George Enescu ‐ String Octet in C Major, Op. 7
Felix Mendelssohn ‐ String Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
Virginia Arts Festival with the Verona Quartet
The BSQ and Verona Quartets join forces to perform three masterworks of the string literature.
Dmitri Shostakovich ‐ Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11
George Enescu ‐ String Octet in C Major, Op. 7
Felix Mendelssohn ‐ String Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
The Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg
Igor Stravinsky Three Pieces for String Quartet (1914, rev. 1918)
J.S. Bach Prelude and Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 849, arr. Nicholas Kitchen (1722)
Dmitri Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, arr. Nicholas Kitchen (1950–51)
Caroline Shaw Entr’acte (2011)
Vijay Iyer Dig the Say (2012)
Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden” (1824)
The Feldman Chamber Music Society, with Alex Beyer, piano
Shaw: Entr’acte
Dvorak: String Quartet in A-flat Major, Op. 105
Schumann: Piano Quintet, with Alex Beyer, piano
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Weekend Concert Series
Igor Stravinsky Three Pieces for String Quartet (1914, rev. 1918)
J.S. Bach Prelude and Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 849, arr. Nicholas Kitchen (1722)
Dmitri Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, arr. Nicholas Kitchen (1950–51)
Caroline Shaw Entr’acte (2011)
Vijay Iyer Dig the Say (2012)
Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden” (1824)
Friends of Chamber Music of Troy, New York - Medicus Memorial Concert
Sanlıkol The Demons and Humans of Siyah-Kalem
Kernis String Quartet No. 4 'Oasis' (2018)
Beethoven String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 130
Bowdoin International Music Festival
JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809)
String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20, No. 2, Hob. III:32
I. Moderato
II. Capriccio. Adagio — Cantabile
III. Menuetto. Allegretto — Trio
IV. Fuga a quattro soggetti. Allegro
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841–1904)
String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major, Op. 105
I. Adagio ma non troppo — Allegro appassionato
II. Molto vivace
III. Lento e molto cantabile
IV. Allegro non tanto