The New England String Quartet Performance

The New England String Quartet (NESQ) will perform on Sunday, Feb. 8 at 4:00 p.m. at the Unitarian Church, 26 Pleasant St., Newburyport, the first of three concerts in the 2015 Jean C. Wilson Music Series. 
The NESQ's innovative program will feature selections from “Les Vendredis” – musical “Fridays,” a prominent Russian cultural gathering at the Saint Petersburg mansion of chamber music enthusiast Mitrofan Belaieff.  (Between 1885 and 1908, the Belaieff Quartet performed new works written for “Fridays” by Alexander Glazunov, Anatoly Liadov, Nikolay Sokolov, and other composers of the Belaieff Circle.) In addition to the selections from “Les Vendredis,” there will be music by three film composers: John Williams, Nino Rota, and Joe Hisaishi, best known for his work with the celebrated Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki.