Review: A Prismatic Program from the Danish String Quartet
This is a review of a performance by the Danish String Quartet on November 7, 2019; Meany Center for the Performing Arts, University of Washington, Seattle.
Beethoven String Quartets
Contemplating Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 131 & Its Inexhaustible Originality
If Op. 131 can seem an ultimate destination—Beethoven considered it his favorite achievement in the medium—this music resists “definitive” interpretations.
The Eybler Quartet Records Beethoven on Period Instruments with an Eye for Specific Tempo Instructions
By Stephanie Powell
“It’s not hard to settle on Beethoven,” Patrick Jordan, violist in the Eybler Quartet says. And then he beats me to the punch. “The one h... Read More...
Mortality & Meaning of Beethoven’s Late String Quartet, Op. 132
The 3rd movement of Beethoven's haunting treasure—the String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132—holds a key to the meaning behind this emotional composition.