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December 12, 2013

This Saturday — “Their Finest Hour”

This Saturday marks the second San Francisco Performances Saturday Series concert in the The String Quartet at a Time of War: Benjamin Britten and His Contemporaries series, and is marked “Their Finest Hour.” Saturday December 14, 2013 10:00 am Benjamin Britten and His Contemporaries San Francisco Performances Inc. St. John’s Presbyterian Church Berkeley, California Tel:… Continue Reading
December 11, 2013

Bartók & Kodály Given A Positive Feedback 2013 Writers Choice Award

Positive Feedback Online has released their “10th Annual Positive Feedback Writers’ Choice Awards” list for 2013. A list they dub “The Best of the Best!”; and our new Bartók & Kodály recording is one of three CDs selected! “Quietly, deliberately, and without fanfare, the Alexander String Quartet has been moving through the major string quartet… Continue Reading
December 9, 2013

Audiophile Audition Gives Five Stars to Bartók & Kodály!

Audiophile Audition gives a rave Five-Star review of our Bartók & Kodály recording, leading with, “This is an essential recording, maybe the best ever of these important works.” “If ever an album had ‘Grammy nominee’ written on its front cover, this is it. There have only been a handful of “complete” Bartok quartets recordings that… Continue Reading
December 3, 2013

MusicWeb International Reviews Bartók & Kodály

MusicWeb International‘s Dominy Clements reviews our new Bartók & Kodály recording: “Bartók’s string quartets are amongst the most superb and striking of the entire 20th century, and the ASQ does them proud in these performances. They nail the heightened folk-music intensity of a movement such as the finale of the String Quartet No. 3, and… Continue Reading
December 2, 2013

San Francisco Performances Saturday Series Kicks off this Weekend!

The 2013-14 Saturday Series presented by San Francisco Performances kicks off this weekend as the Alexander String Quartet and Robert Greenberg once again present, “The String Quartet at a Time of War: Benjamin Britten and His Contemporaries.” Saturday December 7, 2013 10:00 am Benjamin Britten and His Contemporaries San Francisco Performances Inc. St. John’s Presbyterian… Continue Reading
November 28, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving from the ASQ!

The Alexander String Quartet is happy and grateful to be spending this uniquely American holiday week with our respective family members. Of necessity we routinely spend a lot of time away from home and over the years, we have celebrated thanksgiving many times with just each other – Chinese restaurants in Germany or Indian restaurants… Continue Reading
November 27, 2013

SF MusicDay 2013 Video

Video recorded at SFMusic Day 2013 courtesy of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Recording Services, Jason O’Connell and San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music: Continue Reading
November 22, 2013

Anniversaries and Discoveries — Paul Yarbrough

The best thing about anniversaries is the opportunity for discovery they provide. When we decided to honor Benjamin Britten’s centennial year with a survey of his works for string quartet, I was already an admirer of the great English composer. In the early 80’s, as an extra at the Metropolitan Opera, I had the unforgettable… Continue Reading
November 22, 2013

Celebrating Britten’s Centennial at Baruch College — Sandy Wilson

The Alexander String Quartet has just wrapped another wonderful week in New York, teaching twenty one classes at Baruch College in NYC. Reminiscing a little this afternoon during our performance in the College’s justly revered Engelman Recital Hall in the Baruch Performing Arts Center, we contemplated a few statistics: As we begin our 28th year… Continue Reading
November 18, 2013

ASQ Goes for Baruch this Week!

The ASQ has two concerts at Baruch College this week, including a performance of Britten’s String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94 during the Britten Centennial celebrations! Thursday November 21, 2013 2:45 pm Aaron Silberman Concert Series Baruch College, City University of New York Engelman Recital Hall New York, New York Tel: (646) 312-4056 Web: www.baruch.cuny.edu/… Continue Reading
November 15, 2013

Weekend in New York

The ASQ has a big weekend in New York with performances at Baruch College, Arts on the Lake, and the Sid Singer Concert Series, and guest artists for two of the concerts! Get all of the information below: Friday November 15, 2013 7:30 pm Baruch Performing Arts Center Baruch College, City University of New York… Continue Reading
November 14, 2013

Bartók String Quartet No. 1, Opus 7, Sz.40

Bartók made the first sketches for his First String Quartet in 1907, did most of the composition in 1908, and completed the quartet on January 27, 1909, but the music had to wait over a year for its premiere at the “Bartók evening” in March 1910. Any composer who sets out to write a string… Continue Reading

Latest News

This Saturday — “Their Finest Hour”

Bartók & Kodály Given A Positive Feedback 2013 Writers Choice Award

Audiophile Audition Gives Five Stars to Bartók & Kodály!

MusicWeb International Reviews Bartók & Kodály

San Francisco Performances Saturday Series Kicks off this Weekend!

Happy Thanksgiving from the ASQ!

SF MusicDay 2013 Video

Anniversaries and Discoveries — Paul Yarbrough

Celebrating Britten’s Centennial at Baruch College — Sandy Wilson

ASQ Goes for Baruch this Week!

Weekend in New York

Bartók String Quartet No. 1, Opus 7, Sz.40

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