Celebrations marking the centennial of a composer’s birth or death are a popular device for festival programming, providing a useful hook for an in-depth look at an artist’s life and works. If not the ...
DVORAK: String Quartet in F major (‘American’), Op. 96; String Quartet in A- flat major, Op. 105; Bagatelles, Op. 47. Takacs Quartet. London 430 077. — String ...
When the Calidore String Quartet took to the stage of St. Francis Auditorium last Sunday, in a recital presented by Santa Fe Pro Musica, the second violinist announced that there would be a small ...
The exceptional intimacy required of a classical string quartet requires hard work and the right chemistry between four sensitive musicians before it can bear fruitful results. Happily, this is the ...
When I reviewed the Tokyo String Quartet's CD of Brahms Quintets with guest musicians Jon Manasse and Jon Nakamatsu last November, I knew it was the group's penultimate recording. Violinist Kikuei ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Music Review By Steve Smith Dvorak is the latest composer to seize the collective attention of the Emerson String Quartet, that brightest of stars in ...
The School of Music’s Oneppo Chamber Music Series brings some of the world’s leading ensembles to one of Yale’s most intimate concert venues. On Tuesday evening, the globally renowned Emerson String ...