Sala: Plymouth Church, Shaker Heights

The Takács Quartet’s memorable performance was anchored by Grieg’s less-trodden string quartet, prefaced by works of Haydn and Shostakovich.

  The concert, which also featured quartets by Mozart and Brahms, was characterized by elegance and refinement, but also great musical drama.

For the enthusiastic crowd that called the Takács Quartet back for multiple bows, Bartók will never sound quite the same again.

An astonishing performance of the Bartók string quartets by the Takács Quartet in Cleveland left our reviewer, Tim hard pressed to imagine better. The players found moments of beauty in these difficult works.