Stepping Out

In tune with the Emerson String Quartet

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On Stage

Emerson String Quartet
The acclaimed ensemble stops on Long Island as part of its busy touring schedule, which included a recent appearance at Carnegie Hall. Having celebrated its 40th anniversary last season, a major milestone for a ground-breaking ensemble that has earned its place in the pantheon of the classical chamber music world, the Emerson looks towards the future by collaborating with today’s most esteemed composers and premiering new works, thus proving their commitment to keeping the art form of the string quartet alive and more relevant than ever. With nine Grammy awards, a catalogue several dozen albums deep, an Avery Fisher Prize, and a 52-disc Deutsche Grammophon box set to its name, the quartet maintains what The Boston Globe once called “an extraordinary fusion of experience and authority with audacity and freshness.” Their concert program includes Haydn’s Quartet in D Major, Op. 50, #6, “Frog”; Barber’s Quartet in B minor, Op. 11; Beethoven’s Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130.
Sunday, May 6, 4 p.m. $66. Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, LIU Post, Route 25A, Brookville. (800) 745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com or www.tillescenter.org.

In Concert

Salvo & Hugo
Historic Coe Hall welcomes Brooklyn-based flamenco guitarists Salvo & Hugo. Driving Spanish rumba rhythms mixed with spicy Latin grooves create the soundscape for their dynamic performances. Inspired by world fusion — drawing from Flamenco, Spanish/classical, Latin and Bossa Nova, the duo plays a mix of original and remixed acoustic tunes from artists such as the Gipsy Kings, Buena Vista Social Club and Ottmar Liebert, among others. Their virtuoso guitar riffs will have everyone feeling that Latin vibe. Salvo & Hugo’s moving rhythms and transporting melodies can be heard on their recently released debut album, “About Time.”
Sunday, May 6, 1 p.m. $5. Coe Hall, Planting Fields, 1395 Planting Fields Rd., Oyster Bay. (516) 922-8600 or www.plantingfields.org.