Perfect Haydn, Dean and Dvořák from the Doric String Quartet at the Dresden Music Festival

By Max Woods, 03 June 2013

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Reviewed at Palais im Großen Garten, Dresden on 31 May 2013

Haydn, String Quartet no. 28 in E flat major, Op.20 no.1, Hob III:31

Dean, String Quartet no.1 "Eclipse"

Dvořák, String Quartet no. 13 in G major, Op.106

Doric String Quartet

The Doric Quartet spans the emotional spectrum in idyllic Bradfield

Phil Parker, 24th June

The temporary loss of their first violin holds no fears for the Doric Quartet in this richly satisfying concert of playful Haydn and driven Beethoven at the Bradfield Festival.

****1

Adrenalin-fuelled Bartók from the Doric String Quartet at Snape

Mark Valencia, 10th June

The Doric String Quartet plays all six of Béla Bartók's quartets in one day at this year's Aldeburgh Festival.

*****

Ibragimova, Tiberghien and the Doric Quartet offer Gallic delights

Mark Valencia, 30th March

From the tragically short-lived Guillaume Lekeu to Ernest Chausson's big-boned Concert via Debussy's sole string quartet, a tremendous evening at Wigmore Hall.

****1

Scintillating Britten at Snape Maltings

Mark Valencia, 20th October

Six concerts of Suffolk’s finest home-grown produce garnished with side orders of Mozart, Copland and Elgar.

*****

Savall conducts Beethoven and Haydn at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 3rd April

Beethoven's Christus am Ölberge is paired with Haydn's Die sieben letzten Worte, a journey from agony to transcendence in which the agony proves the more honest companion.

***11

Portraits and pictures from Ibragimova, Gardner and the LPO

Roy Westbrook, 1st April

From Three Screaming Popes to Pictures at an Exhibition, a pair of works inspired by paintings frame a violin concerto by Béla Bartók at London's Southbank Centre.

****1

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Max Woods

Max studied musicology before moving to Germany to pursue a Masters degree in music performance. He currently teaches music and English and works as a freelance journalist and performer.