ST Lawrence String Quartet Tickets

The program was an excellent one including the local premier of a new work by John Adams. It is certainly a piece I want to hear again soon, and played by a more charismatic string quartet, I suspect Adams' second quartet will become a part of the standard repertoire. The Haydn and Dvorak, well worth hearing, were competently played by an generally unexciting quartet, the kind one would expect from faculty at a second rank conservatory. Three of the players displayed stolid competence, while the first violin seemed to be warming up for an "ole fashion" hoe-down, and his excessive body movements made watching the group perform a somewhat bizarre experience.

wonderful premiere of john adams' 2nd string quartet. two movement - constant motion. also on the program; haydn's the joke quartet and after intermission dvorak's string quartet in c major = a great evening of music.

Fantastic to hear and see composer John Adams live!

What a thrill to hear the premiere of John Adams string quartet introduced by the composer himself and played so well by the St. Lawrence Quartet on the library's beautiful instruments.