Program A
1. Haydn: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 74, No. 3 “Rider” (1793)
2. Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op. 83 (1949)
    —Intermission—
3. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59, No. 3 “Razumovsky” (1806)

Program B
1. Mozart: String Quartet No. 8 in F major, K. 168 (1773)
2. Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 (1893)
    —Intermission—
3. Dvořák: String Quartet in F major, Op. 96 “American” (1893)
    —OR— 3. Dvořák: String Quartet in G major, Op. 106 (1895)

Program C
1. Mozart: String Quartet No. 23 in F major, K. 590 (1790)
2. Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108 (1960)
    —Intermission—
3. Schubert:  String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810, “Death & the Maiden” (1824)
   —OR—Schubert: String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D. 887 (1826)

Program D — All Beethoven
1. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18, No. 2 (1798-1800)
2. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135 (1826)
    —Intermission—
3. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2, “Razumovsky” (1806)

Program E— All Brahms
Quartet-Only, or Option of Guest Pianist, Violist, or Clarinetist
1. Brahms: Ballade in D major, Op. 10, No. 2 (1854)*
2. Brahms: Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118, No. 2 (1893)*   
   —*These works arranged from the originals for piano solo by Zakarias Grafilo
3. Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1 (1873)
    —OR—Brahms: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2 (1873)
    —Intermission—
4. Brahms: Quintet for Piano & Strings in F minor, Op. 34 (1864)
    —OR—Brahms: String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111 (1890)
    —OR—Brahms: Quintet for Clarinet & Strings in B minor, Op. 115 (1891)
    —OR—Brahms: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2 (1873)
    —OR—Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat major, Op. 67 (1875)

Special Project 1: Bartók Cycle or Combined Bartók-Kodály Cycle

OPTION 1: Bartók Cycle (2 concerts, can be performed same or different days.  May also be performed as a single concert with two intermissions.)

Concert No. 1
1. Bartók: String Quartet No. 1, Op.7, Sz. 40 (1909)
2. Bartók: String Quartet No. 2, Op.17, Sz. 67 (1915-17)
    —Intermission—
3. Bartók: String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85 (1926)

Concert No. 2
1. Bartók: String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91 (1927)
2. Bartók: String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102 (1934)
    —Intermission—
3. Bartók: String Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114 (1939)

OPTION 2: Bartók-Kodály Cycle (3 concerts, can be performed in two or three days)

Concert No. 1
1. Bartók: String Quartet No. 1, Op.7, Sz. 40 (1909)
    —Intermission—
2. Kodály: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 2 (1909)

Concert No. 2
1. Bartók: String Quartet No. 2, Op.17, Sz. 67 (1915-17)
2. Kodály: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10 (1917)
    —Intermission—
3. Bartók: String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85 (1926)

Concert No. 3
1. Bartók: String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91 (1927)
2. Bartók: String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102 (1934)
    —Intermission—
3. Bartók: String Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114 (1939)

Special Project 2: Brahms Mini-Festival
The Alexander String Quartet will release a new multi-CD album of Quartets, Quintets, and Sextets of Brahms in 2012-2013, and will be delighted to bring it to you as a festival of two or more concerts, programmed to your specifications.

Sample Program No. 1 (with guest violist & cellist)
1. Brahms: Ballade in D major, Op. 10, No. 2 (1854)*
2. Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1 (1873)
    —Intermission—
3. Brahms: Sextet for Strings No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18 (1860)

Sample Program No. 1 (with guest violist & clarinetist)
1. Brahms: Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118, No. 2 (1893)*
2. Brahms: String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111 (1890)
    —Intermission—
3. Brahms: Quintet for Clarinet & Strings in B minor, Op. 115 (1891)