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For their performance in the barn-like structure, the Eschers proposed several remakable pieces not standardly performed.

The best Brahms chamber music our reviewer's ever heard from Royal Northern Sinfonia, plus a Sibelius quartet that needs to be be heard more.

In what would turn out to be a concert of two very distinct halves, the Elias Quartet impressed in the cosy confines of Wigmore Hall. After a full ‘daily grind’, arriving at this cocoon of a hall – where outside noise is absent, save for the occasional underground rumble – felt like a real treat. Here was a chance to sink into some cosy chamber music to wash over the listener – or maybe not.

Saariaho, Schostakowitsch, Beach und Sibelius wurden allesamt zu Höhepunkten, die das Meta4-Quartett beim Konzert in Bad Tölz dramaturgisch meisterhaft verbanden.