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At Suntory Hall's annual chamber music festival, the Schumann Quartett embarks on a marathon of performing all of Beethoven’s string quartets over six concerts.

Beethoven meets Ottoman composer Dede Efendi in a contemporary take on the Pastoral Symphony in Istanbul. 

No perceivable whiff of ennui from the Hagen Quartet, whose four members truly play like a single organism.

A battle has been raging among the audiences of San Francisco concerts, and the conflict came to a head Sunday night at the Nourse Theatre. There were jeers and hisses and contempt lobbed into the air. But it was not the Juilliard String Quartet they were angry with. It was each other. The Juilliard was busy breathing life into one of Beethoven’s lesser works, his String Quartet No. 2.

Built by the prolific George Gilbert Scott (1811–78), St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in Glasgow was opened in 1871. Now featuring Gwyneth Leech’s striking 1990 murals, including a triptych of the Easter Passion set in nearby Kelvingrove Park, it is a frequent venue for events such as this RSNO chamber concert.

On Thursday 15 March, the Jerusalem String Quartet strode onto the stage of Richardson Auditorium all wearing the same smart suits. The four young players played a pleasant program of early string quartets by Beethoven, Debussy, and Brahms.

Hearing a work when the composer is in the audience always adds something to the occasion and the performance, and we’re fortunate in Durham that this seems to happen quite frequently. This evening’s concert by the Allegri String Quartet, held in the music department as part of the University’s Musicon series included the première of Anthony Payne’s String Quartet No.

Schreiber, Cohen, Bezuidenhout und das Chiaroscuro Quartet brillieren mit Beethovens kammermusikalischen Schenkelklopfern und rücken sein Bild fulminant zurecht.

Ganz ohne das noch immer weithin übliche, omnipräsente Vibrieren eröffnete das Chiaroscuro Quartett faszinierende Einblicke auf die wahren Inhalte der Musik.

Beethoven aurait-il eu autant de génie sans le talent du Quatuor Ebène ?

Basé dans le Colorado, le quatuor hongrois effectuait deux concerts à Amsterdam lors de sa tournée européenne. Il s’installait donc les 9 et 11 février dans la Klein Zaal circulaire du Concergebouw pour un concert intimiste.