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Lanesboro Arts is proud to present the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet with flutist Linda Chatterton at the historic St. Mane Theatre in downtown Lanesboro on Friday, April 8th at
7:30 p.m. The program will largely feature Spanish and Latin American
composers, with Linda Chatterton joining MGQ for half of the program. Masks are required for this event.
Virtuosic yet contemplative, propulsive yet intimate, the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
has captivated audiences throughout the United States, Europe, and
Asia. From J.S. Bach to Piazzolla to Prince, MGQ’s inventive and
eclectic programs are enlivened by a bravado and synchronicity that have
been honed through decades of classical training and concert
experience. The foursome—Joseph Hagedorn, Maja Radovanlija, Ben Kunkel
and Wade Oden—builds an uncommon rapport with its audiences through its
engaging stage presence and distinctive humor. “More than a guitar
quartet, more than superb musicians, and more than a great chamber
group,” says composer/performer Daniel Bernard Roumain. “They are
ambassadors of sound, style, and substance.”
Returning to the St. Mane for the first time since 2014, the
Minneapolis Guitar Quartet’s highly varied repertoire includes their own
acclaimed arrangements of music by Japanese jazz pianist Hiromi,
Finnish folk musician Maria Kalaniemi, and classical composers Joaquin
Rodrigo, Alberto Ginastera, and Modest Mussorgsky. Their numerous
commissions include a new work for guitar quartet and flute by Cuban
composer Leo Brouwer and Ian Krouse’s StarWaves, an exhilarating fusion
of rock and classical music based on a song by British pop/rock musician
Nick Drake.
“The kind of performance that sparks wild standing ovations. Definitive” says the American Record Guide of flutist Linda Chatterton.
Ms. Chatterton has performed in New York at Carnegie and Alice Tully
halls, was a featured recitalist on the prestigious Dame Myra Hess
series in Chicago, and has been heard throughout the US many times on
National Public Radio’s Performance Today. A Minneapolis-based artist,
Ms. Chatterton has performed with numerous groups including the
Minnesota Orchestra, and she tours regularly as a duo performer with
harp, guitar and piano. As a concerto soloist, highlights include many
performances of traditional and contemporary repertoire in the US and
Europe. She has served as a US State Department Arts Ambassador
overseas.
Ms. Chatterton has commissioned, recorded and premiered dozens of new
works, including music by Edie Hill, Lu Pei, Abbie Betinis, Jocelyn
Hagen, David Kechley, Wendy Wan-Ki Lee, Aaron Travers, Takuma Itoh,
Brian Ciach and Roberto Sierra. She is a two-time recipient and the only
flute soloist to win a McKnight Artist Fellowship for Performing
Musicians, and she has received many prizes and awards from the Jerome
Foundation, the Minnesota State Arts Board and the American Composers
Forum.