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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

, two of the past generation's greatest foursomes, would certainly be memorable. current summer season is all the more so, given that both ensembles are making their last CMNW appearances before major ...

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London audiences are lucky to have the Skampa Quartet as a more-or-less permanent fixture, primarily at the Wigmore Hall where it has given a number of memorable concerts. Now in its 11th year, it ...

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 ...

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 ...

Schulhoff’s brainstorm received a performance of searing intensity and charm by the Penderecki, which was founded in 1986 in Poland at the urging of composer Krzysztof Penderecki (pen-der-ETS-ski).