Stradivari Quartet to Perform as Part of the Bach Festival November 6-7

The Stradivari Quartet will play Tiedtke Concert Hall at Rollins College as part of the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park. The Visiting Artists Series performance will be on on Friday November 6th at 8PM. The quartet will also perform on Saturday, November 7 at 11AM as a part of the FrEd Rogers Family Series.

The Stradivari Quartet is unique: all the musicians play on famous Stradivari instruments. The instruments are a central theme for the quartet and they include short stories about each of the instruments in the program. The quartet is based in Zurich, Switzerland and The Players come from all over the world - Poland, England, China and Switzerland.

On of the instruments featured in this concert, the "King George" violin was found undamaged in the saddlebags of a fallen cavalryman following the Battle of Waterloo. The Scottish officer had received the instrument as a gift from King George III, and according to the officer's motto, "Not without my Stradivari," always kept the violin close to him-even in battle. It is believed that approximately 700 Stradivari instruments exist in the world today, though many are unaccounted for.There are only 13 known violas made by Stradivari surviving today.

Visiting Artists Tickets are $30 or $40 and FrEd Rogers Family Series Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students 18 and under. Call 407.646.2182 or visit www.bachfestivalflorida.org for more information

The Bach Festival Society, located in Winter Park, Florida, is one of the longest continuously operating Bach Festivals in the country and among America's great oratorio societies. The Bach Festival Society brings the highest caliber of classical music to Central Florida. Performances are held in the intimate settings of Tiedtke Concert Hall and Knowles Memorial Chapel on the beautiful campus of Rollins College.

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