The Videri String Quartet has been experimenting with how they implement classical music into their video game music concerts. Or, perhaps it’s the other way around?

We’ve known the Videri “kids” for many years now. Half of them, anyway. Rosalie Samter, who plays viola, and Jeremiah Barcus, are founding members of the quartet. The newest additions are the violinists: Matheus Souza and Chris Ferrara.

It was fun to get caught up with old friends, make new ones, and hear about their musical journey through game music and classical repertoire.

PLAYLIST:
Performed by Videri String Quartet unless noted
Main Theme from Chrono Trigger by Yasunori Mitsuda
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker “Dragon Roost Island” by Koji Kondo
String Quartet No. 8 by Dmitri Shostakovich, 1st movement / Final Fantasy VII “One Winged Angel” by Nobuo Uematsu
String Quartet No. 2 by Benjamin Britten, 1st movement
String Quartet No. 12 by Antonin Dvorak, 2nd movement
String Quartet No. 23 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1st movement, performed by the Alban Berg Quartet
String Quartet No. 1 by Alberto Ginastera, 1st movement, performed by the Latin American Quartet
String Quartet No. 7 by Ludwig van Beethoven, 1st movement, performed by the Emerson Quartet
“Ori Lost in the Storm” from Ori and the Blind Forest Original Soundtrack by Gareth Coker
“The Girl in the Tower” from BioShock: Infinite by Garry Schyman
String Quartet No. 8 by Ludwig van Beethoven, 2nd movement, performed by the Emerson Quartet
Main Theme from World of Warcraft: Stormwind by Russell Brower
“Wings” from Xenogears by Yasunori Mitsuda