| Date and venue | Title | Submitted by |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Nov-2012 St George's Bristol | Birds, books and plays: The Callino Quartet play Haydn, Janáček and Schubert at St George's Bristol | David Fay |
 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... | ||
| 10-Nov-2012 The Royal Conservatory of Music, TELUS Centre, Koerner Hall | Excellent rapport: The Takács Quartet and Marc-André Hamelin at Koerner Hall | Stanley Fefferman |
 Each time I hear the Takács Quartet in concert a new excellence comes through: this time it is their gentleness. Schubert’s String Quartet in A minor, “Rosamunde” is allowed to unfold gently, as the petals of a rose open themselves. Edward Dusinberre’s first violin sings the wistful theme – a reference to the composer’s heavy-hearted song “Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel”, whose lyric sets the mood: “My peace is gone, my heart is heavy, I’ll find it never, never again”.Read full review... | ||
| 11-Apr-2012 92nd Street Y, Lexington Avenue at 92nd | Old is New: Quatuor Mosaïques Reimagine Haydn, Mendelssohn and Schubert | Amanda Keil, thousandfoldecho.com |
 Enter the sound world of Quatuor Mosaïques and check your expectations at the door. They perform on what we call period instruments: gut strings (rather than steel), classical bows (shorter than their modern counterparts), and less tension in the instruments. The resulting sound may be familiar when it comes from a larger ensemble playing, say, Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, but in a quartet, playing later repertoire, the experience is a bit through-the-looking-glass.
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