Galvin Cello Quartet

The award-winning Galvin Cello Quartet will open our 45th season with "A Night at the Opera." This program features beloved masterpieces by Mozart, Beethoven, Bizet, Bellini, Massenet, Paganini, Britten, and Clara Schumann, all reimagined for the cello — an instrument closest to the human voice.

Galvin Cello Quartet

James Baik, Sydney Lee, Haddon Kay, and Luiz Fernando Venturelli, cellos

Thursday, October 8, 2026, 7:30 P.M.

Temple Ohev Sholom

PROGRAM: “Night at the Opera”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): Marriage of Fígaro: Overture, arr. Douglas B. Moore (1786)

Jules Massenet (1842-1912): Meditation from “Thais” arr. Aurelien Sabouret (1893)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): 12 Variations on a Theme from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus arr. Ka-Wai Yu (1796)

Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840): Variations on a Theme by Rossini (“Moses”), arr. Galvin Quartet (1818)

Clara Schumann (1819-1896): 6 Lieder, Op. 13, arr. Galvin Cello Quartet (1844)

Ich stand in dunklen Träumen

Liebeszauber

Johann Strauss Sr. (1804-1849): Jelacic March, Op. 244, arr. V Despalj (1849)

Georges Bizet (1838-1875): Suite from Carmen, arr. Aurelian Sabouret (1875)

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835): Casta Diva (1831)

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): The Salley Gardens, arr. Galvin Cello Quartet (1943)

Johann Strauss Jr. (1825-1899): Overture to "Die Fledermaus" arr. Galvin Cello Quartet (1874)

About Galvin Cello Quartet: https://www.galvincelloquartet.com/about

Concert Sponsor: Estelle Hartranft

Season Sponsor: Carole DeSoto

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Temple Ohev Sholom, 2345 North Front Street, Harrisburg, United States

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