http://www.zeitschichten.com/2006/08/19/the-arditti-quartet-plays-kyburz-dusapin-ferneyhough-and-lachenmann/ A web magazine about music, history and the politics of culture Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:42:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.zeitschichten.com/2006/08/19/the-arditti-quartet-plays-kyburz-dusapin-ferneyhough-and-lachenmann/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Zeitschichten » Blog Archive » Arditti Quartet Plays Webern, Berg, and Harvey Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:18:43 +0000 http://zeitschichten.com/?p=19#comment-8 [...] What a great program! Anton Webern Fünf Sätze für Streichquartett op. 5, Alban Berg Lyrische Suite für Streichquartett, and then, after a short intermission, Jonathan Harvey’s String Quartet No. 4 with live electronics. The Arditti Quartet gave yet another memorable concert and again the hall was half empty. This is something I just cannot understand. Where are all those young people who listen to contemporary electronic pop music every day? Where are all those avantgarde artists who work for a new kind of art in Berlin? Where are the literati who dream of untold stories, charting new territority for us to explore? Haven’t they heard yet that the future of music has arrived and that it can be experienced in the Berliner Philharmonie for a mere 10 Euros? [...] [...] What a great program! Anton Webern Fünf Sätze für Streichquartett op. 5, Alban Berg Lyrische Suite für Streichquartett, and then, after a short intermission, Jonathan Harvey’s String Quartet No. 4 with live electronics. The Arditti Quartet gave yet another memorable concert and again the hall was half empty. This is something I just cannot understand. Where are all those young people who listen to contemporary electronic pop music every day? Where are all those avantgarde artists who work for a new kind of art in Berlin? Where are the literati who dream of untold stories, charting new territority for us to explore? Haven’t they heard yet that the future of music has arrived and that it can be experienced in the Berliner Philharmonie for a mere 10 Euros? [...]

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