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The Emerson's Back: A Night Out at the Museum
Groupmuse Night Out

The Emerson's Back: A Night Out at the Museum

National Mall

Sun, December 8, 2019 6:30 PM, EST
(Ticket sales closed Dec 6, 4:00 PM EST)
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    61 of 100 tickets still available
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    Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks for sale
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    This is a Groupmuse Night Out

    Explore the wider world of music outside Groupmuse with exclusive discounts to local concerts.

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    Groupmuse Superhost

    The Emerson String Quartet is back in town. They’re one of the greatest string quartets in the history of recorded music and, thanks to our wonderful friends at Smithsonian Associates, which works tirelessly to enrich the culture of our Nation’s Capital, we’re invited along for a Night Out this Sunday!

    We’ll gather in the Natural History Museum’s beautiful Baird Auditorium for an evening of epoch-spanning string quartets - a masterpiece, every one.

    We start with Joseph Haydn — which is only appropriate given that he’s the father of the string quartet. It’ll be his mid-career masterwork, op. 50/6 “The Frog”. Depth, light, joy - Haydn through and through.

    The next piece up is the electrifying 2nd String Quartet, by the Hungarian visionary of musical modernism, Bela Bartok. Paired with the Haydn, you won’t believe how much the string quartet evolved in just 130 years.

    The finale is arguably the most significant chamber music piece ever written in America — Antonín Dvořák’s absolutely legendary and beloved American String Quartet. Warm, thrilling, heart-breakingly beautiful, and as American as apple pie. A perfect ending to a night in the Nation’s Capital.

    Tickets to an evening of such feeling and beauty typically run $60, but we’ve got an insane holiday discount — you’ll get your tickets for only $20! But sales close up this Friday afternoon, so boogie now!

    And have a great Night Out!

    What's the music?

    The Emerson String Quartet

    Haydn: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 50 No. 6, “Frog”
    Bartok: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 17 (1915-17)
    Dvorak: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 96 , “American”

    Location

    10th Street Northwest & Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC, USA

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