Mendelssohn and Mozart are on the bill when the Ives Quartet takes the stage at the Leo Rich Theatre Wednesday.
Not scheduled to be played: anything by composer Charles Ives, whose passion, artistic commitment and temperament inspired this quartet - so says their website.
No matter - gathering from reviews, these four could play just about anything they want.
"The Ives Quartet is an undeniably talented group of musicians," said The Buffalo News.
"The Ives' arresting sound was again on display: robust, rigorous and beautifully blended," crowed the San Jose Mercury News.
And this from The Stark Insider: "This music engages the brain and soul and leaves you in a very different place than when you walked in the room."
They are slated to perform Mozart's String Quartet in D Major, K. 499, "Hoffmeister"; String Quartet No. 3 by Quincy Porter; and String Quartet I E Minor, Op. 44, No. 2, by Mendelssohn.
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The Ives Quartet performs courtesy of Arizona Friends of Chamber Music at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Leo Rich, 260 S. Church Ave. Tickets are $25; $10 for students. www.arizonachambermusic.org or 577-3769.
More music notes . . .
• Nota Bene: Elena Todd, soprano, and Sandy Schwoebel, flute - St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church, 4440 N. Campbell Ave. St. Philip's Friends of Music presents a CD-release party. Music includes tangos, bird songs and lounge songs. 7 p.m. today. $15 suggested donation. 299-6421.
• Gabriel Ayala - Tohono Village, 10 Camino Otero, Tubac. The Native American Music Award winner performs. Bring your own chairs and blankets, and enjoy a picnic-style concert. 3-5 p.m. Saturday. $5. 1-520-398-2223. Ayala also will do Canyon Records' first Live Streaming Concert at 7 p.m. Sunday. Check in at justin.tv/canyonrecords/videos or ustream.tv/user/canyonrecords.
• For the Love of Music - Bisbee Woman's Club, 7 Ledge Ave., Quality Hill, Old Bisbee, Bisbee. Kingfisher String Quartet playing Johannes Brahms' String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Opus 51, and Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Opus 110. 8 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. $10; free for students through high school. 1-520-432-7217.
• Piano & Friends Concert - Leo Rich Theater, 260 S. Church Ave. Baritone Christopheren Nomura performs with pianist Kevin FitzGerald. Nomura will present a master class at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Leo Rich Theater. Performance 3 p.m. Sunday. $25; discounts available. 577-3769.
• The Arizona Early Music Society - St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church, 4440 N. Campbell Ave. Medieval and early Renaissance music performed on period instruments. 3-4:45 p.m. Sunday. $25; discounts available. 297-3448.
• Organist Brent Hylton - Holsclaw Hall in the University of Arizona School of Music Building, 1017 N. Olive Road. Program will include works by Camille Saint-Saëns, François Couperin, J.S. Bach, Louis James Alfred Fefébure-Wély, Louis Vierne, Gerald Near and Max Reger. Part of the Roy A. Johnson Memorial Organ Series. 7 p.m. Sunday. $9; discounts available. 621-1162.
• American Boychoir with guest Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus - St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 7575 N. Paseo del Norte. Go online to standrewspres.com for more information. 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday. $15. 297-7201.
• Pianist John Milbauer - Crowder Hall in the UA School of Music Building, 1017 N. Olive Road. Igor Stravinsky's "Three Pieces from 'Petrouchka,' " André Boucourechliev's "Archipelago 4," a late sonata of Ludwig van Beethoven and a selection from Manuel M. Ponce. Faculty Artist Series presented by the school of music at the University of Arizona 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1. $5. 621-1162.
Elsewhere in The Arts . . .
• Arizona Opera presents "Turandot" (C1).
• George Winston comes to town (C6).
• A music and dance celebration of Chinese New Year (C5).
