Zwischen Tonhauch und Klangrausch: Juilliard Quartet

By Michael Vieth, 27 January 2025

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“musikalische Grenzgänge”

Reviewed at Stadttheater Fürth, Fürth on 26 January 2025

Widmann, String Quartet no. 8 "Study on Beethoven III"

Widmann, String Quartet no. 10 "Study on Beethoven V"

Beethoven, String Quartet, Op.130 with Grosse Fuge, Op.133

Juilliard String Quartet

Areta Zhulla, Violin

Ronald Copes, Violin

Molly Carr, Viola

Astrid Schween, Cello

Bracing Bartók and Beethoven from the Juilliard String Quartet at Ravinia

Sam Jacobson, 20th June

A broken string near the beginning of the “Große Fuge” was emblematic of the intensity the Juilliard String Quartet gave to their performances of Beethoven and Bartók.

****1

Beethoven Schubert, and a boisterous crowd: The Juilliard String Quartet in San Francisco

Grant Damron, 27th October

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.

****1

Immersive OAE submerged at Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Mark Valencia, 22nd April

The road to immersion is paved with modish deflections as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs 20th-century English string music.

**111

A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus

Roy Westbrook, 21st April

Giving their 27th performance of the oratorio, the London Symphony Chorus excel as angelic angels and demonic demons.

****1

Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 19th April

As gifts to the Philarmonia's 80th birthday season, Nicola Benedetti gives a barnstorming account of Elgar's Violin Concerto before Cristian Mӑcelaru gets emotionally drained by La Mer.

*****

Nicholas McGegan brings delicacy and elegance to Mendelssohn

Erica Miner, 18th April

The Seattle Symphony offers an enchanting evening immersed in the joy and brilliance of both the young and the mature genius of Felix Mendelssohn.

****1

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Michael Vieth

Michael Vieth ist Physiker und hat viele Jahre in der Zentralen Forschung der Siemens AG in Erlangen und München an magnetischen Speichern und Sensoren gearbeitet. Auch von klassischer Musik magnetisiert, singt er seit seinem Studium in Göttingen in großen Kantoreien und Chorprojekten; eine besondere Vorliebe hat sich zu Motetten der Renaissance und der Moderne entwickelt. Daneben faszinieren ihn Auftritte und Programme kleiner Vokal-Ensembles.

Zwischen Tonhauch und Klangrausch: Beethoven und Widmann mit dem Juilliard Quartet