Sometimes, talent calls out, other times, it is acknowledged with a nod. For saxophonist and composer Kevin Sun, both are obvious. The mastery of his instrument is a given; it is just that his music ...
The Salish Sea Early Music Festival will present Telemann Paris Quartets at 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1020 Jefferson St., Port Townsend.
Listening to Quartets for Plucked Strings without knowing its backstory poses no obstacle. The music invites you to follow your imagination. Sean Ali, best known as a bassist, composer, and improviser ...
Heard together, the differences between Penderecki’s First and Fourth quartets map an epic journey in 20th-century music Krzysztof Penderecki’s four numbered string quartets do not trace the course of ...
"This new string quartet version captures the spirit of the original recording," Anderson tells Ultimate Classic Rock, "but with a really authentic Christmas classical interpretation with the flute – ...
According to Anderson's official site, the record features him playing flute "on most of the tracks" as well as contributing occasional vocals. "I felt that there were some songs rather special to me ...
Inspired by TS Eliot, the young Tippett dreamt of writing four quartets. In fact, he went on to compose five. Three are relatively early, dating from the second world war, two are from his later years ...
Coronavirus has given me the opportunity to catch up—to write about exhibitions, performances, books, that I had meant to address but that slipped by until Coronavirus got in the way. I feel like ...
Beethoven's three "Razumovsky" string quartets left both their first performers and the public shocked and suspicious. The violinist Ignaz Schuppanzigh, whose quartet premiered the Opus 59 works, ...