Beethoven Schubert, and a boisterous crowd: The Juilliard String Quartet in San Francisco

By Grant Damron, 29 October 2013

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Reviewed at Nourse Theatre, San Francisco on 27 October 2013

Beethoven, String Quartet no. 2 in G major, Op.18 no.2

Jones, String Quartet no. 3 "Whereof man cannot speak…”

Schubert, String Quartet no. 15 in G major, D.887

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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

Zwischen Tonhauch und Klangrausch: Juilliard Quartet

Michael Vieth, 26th January

Mit einem herausfordernden Programm aus Klassik und Moderne erspielte sich das Juilliard String Quartet im Stadttheater Fürth tiefen Eindruck.

*****

Concertos – for violin and for orchestra – from the Hallé

Peter Connors, 22nd March

Viktoria Mullova is a superb soloist in Brahms' Violin Concerto, while an orchestra full of soloists play Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra with Kahchun Wong presiding.

*****

Kristiina Poska makes an exciting return to conduct the RSNO

Simon Thompson, 20th March

Kristiina Poska directs the RSNO in gripping Tchaikovsky and Pärt, but words and music only occasionally match in Elena Langer's new song cycle.

***11

Guitars, electronics and ancient treatises: the JACK Quartet at 92NY

Kurt Gottschalk, 20th March

At 92NY, the JACK Quartet performs four new works developed in their JACK Studio, including a commissioned premiere from the electrifying Tristan Perich.

****1

Chopin and Franck reframed with elegance and insight in Dublin

Andrew Larkin, 20th March

In Dublin, Jean-Luc Tingaud and Louis Lortie bring clarity and purpose to two composers often ill at ease with the orchestra.

****1

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