Reynolda Quartet concert March 14, free to WFU faculty, staff and students

The Reynolda Quartet will return for “Concert of Gratitude,” featuring works that reflect on the strength of the human spirit. The concert will be livestreamed from Watson Hall at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts on Sunday, March, 14, at 3 p.m.

Tickets are free to Wake Forest University faculty, staff and students with valid ID and advance registration using the code WFUACCESS; available at www.uncsa.edu/performances or by calling the box office at 336.721.1945.

Renowned faculty members from the UNCSA School of Music will perform Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 and Smetana’s Quartet No. 1, “From My Life.” With its beloved “Heiliger Dankgesang” (“Holy Song of Thanksgiving”), the Beethoven quartet, written towards the end of the composer’s life, is a musical offering of thanks after recovering from a grave illness, where Smetana’s quartet was written just after the composer lost his hearing as a reflection on his own life. Each work provides an opportunity for audiences to contemplate the renewal of strength and gratitude for the gift of life, themes that are of particular resonance as our community navigates the COVID-19 pandemic.