| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 13-Nov-2012 St George's Bristol | Birds, books and plays: The Callino Quartet play Haydn, Janáček and Schubert at St George's Bristol |
 Aren’t nicknames interesting! I’m sure there’ll have been hundreds of studies into the development, designation, and deployment of nicknames and the historical and sociological conclusions we can draw from the Daves, D-Diddies and Dangerous Dans alike. In fact, it wouldn’t surprise me if the nickname formed the basis of an entire field of academic enquiry. If so, there’s bound to be a musical contribution, for nicknames abound in music, and their connection with the pieces they signify are, if not always justified, mostly insightful.Read full review... | |
| 23-Jan-2012 Wigmore Hall | Dark Dvořák, light Haydn with the Takács Quartet |
 Ellen Appel.jpg) This was a short BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, but a very good one. Of course, nothing less would be expected from the Takács Quartet, who surely have a very good claim to be the world's foremost string quartet. Even if only for a sold-out hour, all the characteristics which make them great were amply on show here.
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| 10-Jan-2012 Cadogan Hall | Larking about: the Danish String Quartet play Haydn, Nielsen and Mendelssohn |
 Sometimes music is a more effective transporter than the London Underground. This was certainly the case this Tuesday, when closures on the Piccadilly line resulted in me cycling at breakneck speed half-way across London to hear the Danish String Quartet playing in what I imagined to be a regular, run-of-the-mill, wear-what-you-like-as-long-as-it’s-corduroy concert at the Cadogan Hall. Upon arrival, having recovered my breath and wiped the sweat from my brows, however, I discovered that the audience consisted mainly of glamorous women and men in impeccable suits.Read full review... | |
| 27-Mar-2011 Haddington Town House | Vardanyan Quartet with Sophie Warwick (piano) |
| With only Nikolai Demidenko's Gala Recital on Sunday 10th April remaining, the recital by the Vardanyan Quartet marked the end of Haddington Concert Society's 2010/11 “Music Close Up” season. The only single-gender ensemble I've seen in two seasons of concerts, the quartet opened with Haydn's String Quartet in D Major, Op. 64 No. 5 'The Lark'. As the title suggests, soaring melody characterised the opening movement, casting the first violin as much in the role of soloist as ensemble member. Read full review... | |
