Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. This is the third volume of the Danish String Quartet's ongoing Prism series, ...
The “avatar of ‘post-classical’ music—the virtuosic string quartet ETHEL (The New Yorker)” and legendary bassist Ron Carter join forces for an unforgettable classical-jazz mashup performance at Zankel ...
The New Modern Jazz Quartet... It is hard to not compare this Classical Jazz Quartet to the Modern Jazz Quartet. They both have the same format of outstanding individual superstars, they both have a ...
The story goes that the British composer Stephen Storace gave a musical soiree in Vienna in 1785. For the occasion, four prominent composers were enlisted to perform as a string quartet. Joseph Haydn ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. "ETHEL is thrilled and honored to share the Carnegie Hall stage with our longtime ...
Pick music from any genre or time period. Chances are, the Carpe Diem String Quartet can play it. They know the theme from “The Simpsons” and are well-versed in Beethoven and Bach. They dabble in ...
Belinda Niling Stohner was always told the concert hall was the best place for classical music. She didn’t believe it. Yes, you have the acoustic design, the heavy velvet curtains, the audience seated ...
When you hear the term “chamber music,” think “string quartets” because most chamber music series consist of about 80 percent string quartet concerts. That might explain why there are so many fine ...
Electronic effects are nothing new for rock musicians. Guitarists in countless bands — from Radiohead to U2 to Boston's own Mission of Burma — use electronic pedals and programs to alter the sound of ...
Many performers spend their entire life unravelling issues such as how Beethoven’s undiagnosed personality disorder affected his dramatic dynamic and harmonic shifts or how the death of Bach's wife ...
Add the Escher String Quartet to that list. On the BIS label, they are evidently working towards a cycle of their own, which would be the first on Super Audio CDs. Charles Downey, writing in the ...