Ralph Emerson famously remarked, “Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startles out wonder as to who we are, and for what, whence, and whereto.” When the Emerson ...

Emerson String Quartet returns to perform its last on the same stage they inaugurated in 1993: Harris Concert Hall. The New York City-based quartet formed in 1976 and since then has released more than ...

The high, delicate, exacting art of chamber music has no finer practitioners today than the Budapest String Quartet. Last week, deep in one of their busiest seasons, the Quartet was in ...

These days, the string quartet as an ensemble is a tried and true form of chamber music, but it’s only within the past three ...

The Emerson String Quartet emphasized the sweet-sorrow aspect of parting Friday evening at the Barns at Wolf Trap, performing two of Beethoven’s most expressive quartets to launch its farewell tour, ...

Updated January 19, 2024 at 5:04 PM ET Abrasive, intense and about to erupt at any moment. So begins "Flow," a new piece by Nokuthula Ngwenyama for the Takács Quartet. Coaxing peculiar sounds out of ...

On the evening of March 29, the Slosberg Recital Hall at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. was filled with reflection, resonance and remembrance. The occasion was “Time’s Echo Live,” a live ...

Many musicians have said that life as they knew it ended when the COVID-19 quaratines began. The Videri String Quartet has come up with a unique way to relfect these times. They're welcoming ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Listen as our writers and some of our favorite artists share music of intimacy, intensity and joy. In the past, we’ve chosen the five minutes or so we ...

The Calidore String Quartet is recognized as one of the world’s foremost interpreters of a vast chamber music repertory, from the cycles of quartets by Beethoven and Mendelssohn to works of celebrated ...