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Talich Quartet


Saturday
March 2, 2013

8:00 p.m.  


Sweeney Concert Hall
Smith College
Northampton, MA

 

Program

Turina: La oración del torero

(The Bullfighter's Prayer)

Ravel: Quartet in F Major

Grieg: Quartet in G Minor, Op. 27





To hear a musical clip:

http://www.talichquartet.cz

 

 

 

 

Like a finely tuned sports car, the quartet shifted yet again for Debussy's Quartet in G minor, a work it has recently recorded on Calliope. Here again, one was amazed by the ensemble and the ability to make timbre match the work. The first theme of the first movement conjured up one word: "velvet." It was a tactile response to an auditory stimulus. Jan Talich Jr. is a commanding performer whose aim is true with short or long bow strokes. His swagger and confidence never hurt the cohesiveness of the group. After all, music is not the realm of true democracy.

Pittsburgh, Post-gazette.com

 

It's no coincidence this Czech ensemble drew such arresting character from Janacek's folk-tinged syncopations, and that same attention to Czech dance rhythms informed their reading of Dvorak's G-Major String Quartet, Op. 106. Again, energy and poise were in equal balance, and an intense concentration and cogent through-line to their expression prompted Dvora k's melodies to blossom, while allowing the score's musical logic to register afresh.

Washington Post - Joe Banno


 
 





   
 




 




 

 

 

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