The master guitarist and the winners of the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition perform Baroque to Piazzolla to Broadway to The Beatles.

MILOŠ is one of the world’s most celebrated classical guitarists. His career began its meteoric rise in 2011, with the release of his international best-selling Deutsche Grammophon debut album Mediterraneo. Since then, he has earned legions of fans, awards, and acclaim around the world through his extensive touring, six chart topping recordings, and television appearances.

Praised for their “virtuosity, visceral expression, and rare unity of intention” (Boston Globe), the Viano Quartet is one of the most sought-after young performing ensembles today. The Quartet has collaborated with world-class musicians such as pianists Emanuel Ax, Marc-André Hamelin, Inon Barnatan, and Elisso Virsaladze, violists Paul Coletti and Paul Neubauer, violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley, vocalist Hila Plitmann, and clarinetist David Shifrin. 

Program: 

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Quintet, op. 143

Benedetto Marcello: Adagio from Oboe Concerto in D Minor

Aaron Jay Kernis: “Salsa” from 100 Greatest Dance Hits

Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K.32 

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Quintet, op. 143

Antonio Vivaldi: Larghetto from Trio Sonata in C Major, RV 82

Gabriela Lena Frank: “Danza del Mallqui-rey” from Inca Dances, abridged version

Anonymous: “Spanish Romance”

Astor Piazzolla: “Libertango”

Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 2 (“Company”)

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Quintet, op. 143

Max Richter: “The Nature of Daylight”

Pablo Casals: “Song of the Birds”

George Frideric Handel: Minuet from Suite in B flat Major, HWV 434

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Finale from Guitar Quintet, op. 143 

The Beatles: “Eleanor Rigby”

Astor Piazzolla: “Oblivion”

Harold Arlen: “Over the Rainbow” 

The Beatles: “Here Comes the Sun”