Posts Tagged ‘Borromeo String Quartet’
La Jolla SummerFest Gives Shostakovich His Due in Two Illuminating Concerts
La Jolla SummerFest completed its Shostakovich intensive with two powerful concerts of chamber music of the highest caliber August 22 & 23 . . .
Read MoreBrilliant Opening of Shostakovich Intensive in La Jolla
Friday’s (August 21) all-Shostakovich program at La Jolla SummerFest demonstrated how well the composer’s enigmatic qualities and quietly profound instincts have served him in history’s larger time line . . .
Read MoreFrom Russia with Love
As a prelude to SummerFest’s upcoming weekend of all-Shostakovich programs, Tuesday’s (August 18) SummerFest concert offered an overview of Russian music just before the Russian Revolution . . .
Read MorePlaying Beethoven in the Computer Era
The Borromeo String Quartet demonstrated unequivocally how using the computer can improve the performance of Beethoven’s monumental String Quartet, Op. 130 . . .
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