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The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2024-05-08 02:27:01
Emerson String Quartet Now an Institute
by George Tsontakis , composer For the past eight seasons I have had the privilege of curating a local piano series in the town of Olive in New York’s Catskill Mountains, on a volunteer basis. It is a less-than-two-hour drive from Manhattan ― traffic permitting, of course ― which allows us to attract performers from New York and surrounding areas. They have been virtuoso level pianists who come to the Catskills to try out a program destined for a larger future venue. Decidedly, not for the modest honorarium which is largely based on ticket receipts. Piano Plus! is the name I gave the series with the concept that each concert would be a solo piano recital, but that the featured soloist would bring along a “surprise” guest performer to collaborate for a short work. In effect a kind of cameo performer. In the past the Plus has been a singer, […]
2023-11-06 11:51:26
In one of its very final performances ever, the durable and beloved string quartet says farewell with music by Beethoven, Walker and Ravel.
2023-10-23 19:19:00
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2023-10-23 15:57:08
A pillar of chamber music for nearly a half-century, the Emerson players bid farewell with Beethoven’s Opus 130 and Schubert’s String Quintet.