Virtuosic and contemporary Minneapolis Guitar Quartet performs in Lanesboro Friday, April 8th with flutist Linda Chatterton

Minneapolis Guitar Quartet. Photo courtesy of Minneapolis Guitar Quartet. Photo: Lanesboro Arts

Lanesboro, Minn. – Lanesboro Arts are proud to present the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet with flutist Linda Chatterton at the historic St. Mane Theatre in downtown Lanesboro on Friday, April 8th at 7:30 p.m. The program will largely feature Spanish and Latin American composers, with Linda Chatterton joining MGQ for half of the program. Masks are required for this event. 

Virtuosic yet contemplative, propulsive yet intimate, the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet has captivated audiences throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. From J.S. Bach to Piazzolla to Prince, MGQ’s inventive and eclectic programs are enlivened by bravado and synchronicity that have been honed through decades of classical training and concert experience. The foursome—Joseph Hagedorn, Maja Radovanlija, Ben Kunkel, and Wade Oden—builds an uncommon rapport with its audiences through its engaging stage presence and distinctive humor. “More than a guitar quartet, more than superb musicians, and more than a great chamber group,” says composer/performer Daniel Bernard Roumain. “They are ambassadors of sound, style, and substance.”

Returning to St. Mane for the first time since 2014, the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet’s highly varied repertoire includes their own acclaimed arrangements of music by Japanese jazz pianist Hiromi, Finnish folk musician Maria Kalaniemi, and classical composers Joaquin Rodrigo, Alberto Ginastera, and Modest Mussorgsky. Their numerous commissions include a new work for guitar quartet and flute by Cuban composer Leo Brouwer and Ian Krouse’s StarWaves, an exhilarating fusion of rock and classical music based on a song by British pop/rock musician Nick Drake.

Linda Chatterton has performed in New York at Carnegie and Alice Tully halls was a featured recitalist on the prestigious Dame Myra Hess series in Chicago, and has been heard throughout the U.S. many times on National Public Radio’s Performance Today.  A Minneapolis-based artist, Chatterton has performed with numerous groups including the Minnesota Orchestra, and she tours regularly as a duo performer with harp, guitar and piano. As a concerto soloist, highlights include many performances of traditional and contemporary repertoire in the U.S. and Europe. She has served as a U.S. State Department Arts Ambassador overseas.

Tickets for Minneapolis Guitar Quartet are $15 / $12 for Lanesboro Arts members and are sold online at www.lanesboroarts.org; at Lanesboro Arts Gallery, 507-467-2446; and at the St. Mane Theatre box office beginning at 6:30 p.m. on the night of the concert. The St. Mane Theatre is located at 206 Parkway Ave N. in Lanesboro, Minnesota.