Exploring the fugue with the Brodsky Quartet in Auckland

By Simon Holden, 15 May 2019

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“dripping with heart-on-sleeve dejection”

Reviewed at Auckland Town Hall: Great Hall, Auckland on 13 May 2019

Bach, Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV1080, Contrapunctus I

Bach, Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV1080, Contrapunctus VI

Mozart, Adagio and Fugue for Strings in C minor, K546

Mendelssohn, Fugue in E flat major, Op.81 no.4

Beethoven, Grosse Fuge - fugue for string quartet in B flat major, Op.133

Bartók, String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, Sz.40, Op.7

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In a problematic acoustic environment, the Brodsky Quartet's sound did not always live up to the expectations.

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Nick Boston, 29th October

The Brodsky Quartet deliver deeply moving performances of all 15 Shostakovich string quartets, with added value and insight from writers Elizabeth Wilson and Marina Frolova-Walker.

*****

Manchester Camerata and Jess Gillam on superb form in Buxton

Peter Connors, 19th July

Two fascinating and hugely entertaining recent pieces started a superb concert by the strings of the Manchester Camerata, joined by Jess Gillam in Glazunov's Saxophone Concerto and the Brodsky Quartet in Elgar's Introduction and Allegro. Tchaikovsky crowned the concert.

*****

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Phil Parker, 27th June

The accumulated experience of over 160 years of quartet playing is revealed in an intensity of passion undimmed by the passage of time in this exhilarating concert by the Brodskys.

*****

An evening of cello quintets at Kings Place

Nahoko Gotoh, 23rd September

Schubert’s String Quintet was certainly a crowd-puller at this concert, as Kings Place's Cello Unwrapped series continues.

****1

High intensity from the Brodsky Quartet

Hedy Mühleck, 24th March

Viennese classics from the Brodsky Quartet in Leamington Spa.

****1

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Simon Holden

Simon is an operaphile based in Auckland, New Zealand. He wrote his dissertation on Japanese popular music. With a background in piano and classical music retail, he spends his time attending as much opera or vocal concert as he can and blogs at irishenceaway.blogspot.com.