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Galliard & The Emperor
October 5, 2025 • 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Three masterworks chart the expressive heights of the string quartet. Haydn’s beloved Emperor anchors a program that moves from Mozart’s stormy drama to Ravel’s luminous Impressionism—music that reigns with clarity, depth, and elegance.
Program:
HAYDN String Quartet in C Major, Op.76, No.3, ‘Emperor’
MOZART String Quartet No.15 in D Minor, K.421
RAVEL String Quartet in F Major
Galliard Strings
Fueled by passion—and sometimes coffee and tea—the Galliard Strings’ romance with the music of Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Shostakovich, and many others is unparalleled. Founded in 1982, the Galliard is renowned throughout the islands for its uncompromising commitment to performing classical and modern music of the highest caliber. All four current members of the Galliard Quartet are also members of the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra and are experienced teachers and music educators in the community. The Galliard’s 1995 album “Songs of Lili’uokalani” pays respectful homage to Hawaiian musical history through modern arrangements of the Queen’s compositions by Robert Cazimero, Angel Pena, Byron Yasui, and other local composers. Recent highlights include collaborations with acclaimed pianists Joyce Yang, Wu Han, and Billy Childs; Hawaiian vocal artist Raiatea Helm; local composers Michael Thomas Foumai, Takuma Itoh, Leilehua Lanzilotti, and Jon Magnussen; and silent film historian Rick Benjamin.