Aloofness, sincerety, montage: Esposito Quartet plays Crane and Shaw

Laurence Crane

Caroline Shaw and the Esposito Quartet

By Lawrence Dunn, 19 June 2023

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“like Beethoven rewritten by Satie”

Reviewed at The Spirit Store, Dundalk on 17 June 2023

Crane, String Quartet no. 2 (World premiere)

Shaw, The Evergreen

Esposito Quartet

Caroline Shaw, Vocals

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Lawrence Dunn

Lawrence is commissioning editor at Bachtrack. He is a composer, improviser, pianist and writer. He has taught at Cambridge, Huddersfield and Sheffield universities. He has written music for, among others the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Modern, Slagwerk Den Haag, Philip Thomas, Juliet Fraser, Ilya Gringolts, Plus-Minus, Exaudi, Apartment House and Explore Ensemble.

Aloofness, sincerety and montage: Esposito Quartet plays Laurence Crane and Caroline Shaw