The DaPonte String Quartet’s new season begins October 24 and includes everything from Gesualdo’s 16th century Madrigals to George Crumb’s 20th century masterpiece “Black Angels.”

The 2013-2014 season comprises four different concert series, each one performed in Thomaston (St. John’s Church), Damariscotta (Lincoln Theater), Portland (Public Library), and Topsham (Mid-Coast Presbyterian Church).

Series I in October, “Entente Cordiale,” features Beethoven’s String Quartet in D Major, Op. 18 no. 3; Prokofiev’s String Quartet No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 50; and William Walton’s 1947 String Quartet No. 2 in A.

Series 2 in December, “Old World/New World,” includes Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 4 in D Major, Op. 83; Stravinsky’s Concertino for String Quartet; and Dvorak’s String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 34.

Series 3 in March, “Voices of Angels,” spans five centuries of music: the 16th century work “Madrigals” by Carlo Gesualdo; an 18th century quartet by Haydn; and Crumb’s 20th century work “Black Angels for Electric String Quartet: Thirteen Images from the Dark Land.”

Series 4 in May, “Vienna, Vienna,” features composers identified with Austria’s glittering capital: Mozart’s String Quartet in G Major, K. 287; Beethoven’s String Quartet in Eb Major, Op. 74 "The Harp"; and Alban Berg’s String Quartet, Op. 3.

Outside these series, the Quartet will also perform at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens on October 13).

 Complete venues, season tickets, and updates are at www.daponte.org or call 207-529-4555.