
Escher Quartet | Buffalo Chamber Music Society

Buffalo Chamber Music Society presents
Escher Quartet
with Carol Wincenc, flute
December 2, 2025 | 7:30 PM
Pre-concert Talk at 6:45 PM
Brendan Speltz,, violin
Pierre LaPointe, viola
Brook Speltz, cello
Theme & Variations for Flute & String Quartet, Op.80 —– Amy Beach
String Quartet in E Minor, Op.68 —— Verdi
Adagio for Strings (from String Quartet Op.11) —— Barber
Flute Quartet No.1 in D Major, K.285 —— Mozart
Impressions de la Puna for Flute & String Quartet —— Ginastera
About Escher Quartet
The Escher String Quartet has received acclaim for its profound musical insight and rare tonal beauty. A former BBC New Generation Artist and recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, the quartet has performed at the BBC Proms at Cadogan Hall and is a regular guest at Wigmore Hall. In its home town of New York, the ensemble serves as season artists of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
About Carol Wincenc
Hailed “Queen of the flute” by New York Magazine, flutist Carol Wincenc was first prize winner of the (sole) Naumburg Solo Flute Competition, as well as the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Flute Association. She recently celebrated a half century as an international, concertizing artist at The Morgan Library and Museum, Merkin Concert Hall and the Staller Center for the Arts and is currently on the faculty at The Juilliard School.
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