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.

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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.

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Staatskapelle Dresden’s sonic alchemy at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 2nd June

From the earthy joy of Meistersinger to the sublime textures of Debussy, Daniele Gatti channels the Dresdeners' legendary, layered warmth into an unforgettable evening of pure acoustic luxury.

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Jurowski marks Hans Werner Henze’s centenary at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 31st May

Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin deliver a lean, razor-sharp exploration of captivity and survival, balancing Beethoven’s and Brahms’ structural clarity against the devastating, high-fidelity distortion of Henze’s Ninth Symphony.

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Kissin, Bell and Isserlis: remembrance and loss at Carnegie Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 31st May

Solomon Rosowsky, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky form a matinee programme whose deeper connections gradually came into focus.

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Mischievous Pan at Hong Kong Sinfonietta’s French May

Christopher Halls, 30th May

French clarinettist Raphaël Sévère unearths beauty in Nielsen’s concerto and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta impress in two settings of Pan’s antics at the French May Festival.

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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