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.

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Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the Hallé in Mahler and Vaughan Williams

Leighton Jones, 16th April

Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder provide an apt, if somewhat unexpected, partner to Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony in Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall.

****1

Carlo Rizzi brings Respighi’s Rome to Birmingham

Robert Gainer, 15th April

Carlos Rizzi believes that Puccini’s orchestrations are good enough to stand alone, without their vocal lines, but can the drama compete with the romance of Respighi?

****1

Tharaud and Queyras celebrate 30 years together in Paris

David Karlin, 14th April

Crisp and elegant cello and piano playing is more successful in French and early repertoire than in Brahms.

****1

Poetry and precision: Seong-Jin Cho returns to Carnegie Hall

Susan Stempleski, 12th April

A little over a year after his marathon all-Ravel recital at the Hall, the Korean pianist returns with an exquisitely performed program of Bach, Schoenberg, Robert Schumann and Chopin.

*****

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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