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On Webern’s Five Movements for String Quartet, op. 5

“Its darting fragments and solitary staccatos offer vegan austerity next to the red-meat indulgence of Mahler’s romantic ‘Symphony of a Thousand’.” — Vivien Schweitzer New York Times, October 13, 2008

Arditti Quartet Plays Webern, Berg, and Harvey

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. […]

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