Young Beethoven

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of once again hearing the extraordinary Ariel Quartet from Israel.  They played the Mozart D minor quartet in a truly exceptional fashion, as well as movements from Schubert and Brahms – equally well-played – to  complete the program.  It’s fascinating as to what makes for an exceptional string quartet performance, but it certainly has a lot to do with the interaction between the four artists, and how their individual as well as composite personality gets across from the stage.  At the end of the concert, they told me that they had as a goal (which I thought was fascinating and totally unique in my experience) to perform for a number of venues the complete Beethoven string quartets before they are 30 years old.  That means that this has to happen before the end of the 2012-13 season.  Any takers?

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