Mendelssohn & Enescu: String Octets (Diary 2023-07-24)

Media Review (Listening Diary) — Gringolts Quartet and Meta4 performing Mendelssohn Octet op.20 & Enescu String Octet op.7; comparisons with Emerson String Quartet (Mendelssohn), Merel Quartet & Castalian String Quartet (Mendelssohn), and Vilde Frang & Friends (Enescu)
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Moser String Quartet — Wasserkirche, Zurich, 2022-12-18

Concert review, ★★★★½, Moser String Quartet (Kanon Miyashita, Patricia Muro Francia, Ariadna Bataller Calatayud, Lea Galasso) @ Wasserkirche, Zurich, 2022-12-18 — Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, op.76/2, “Fifths”; Dieter Ammann (*1962): String Quartet No.2, “Distanzenquartett” (2009); Bartók: String Quartet No.1 in A minor, op.7, Sz.40 / BB 52
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Anastasia Kobekina, Daniel Bard / Kammerorchester Basel — Zürich, 2022-08-17

Concert review, ★★★★½, Anastasia Kobekina, Daniel Bard, Kammerorchester Basel @ Kirche St.Peter, Zurich, 2022-08-17 (Charity Concert, Stradivari-Stiftung Habisreutinger / Hochuli Konzert AG) — Haydn: Symphony No.44 in E Minor, “Trauer-Sinfonie”; Haydn: Cello Concerto No.1 in C major; Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85 (Adagio, arranged for strings and cello)
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Schumann Quartet — Kirche St.Peter, Zurich, 2022-06-19

Concert review, ★★★★½, Schumann Quartet @ Kirche St.Peter, Zurich, 2022-06-19 — Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn (1805 – 1847): String Quartet in E♭ major; Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 – 1847): String Quartet No.6 in F minor, op.80, MWV R37
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Christian Tetzlaff, Gevorg Gharabekyan, Kammerorchester I TEMPI — Basel, 2022-06-18

Concert review, ★★★★, Christian Tetzlaff, Gevorg Gharabekyan, Kammerorchester I TEMPI — Stadtcasino Basel, 2022-06-18 — Mozart: Overture to “Die Zauberflöte”, K.620; Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47; Encore — Bach: III. Largo, from Sonata No.3 for Violin solo in C major, BWV 1005; Beethoven: Symphony No.3 in E♭ major, op.55, “Eroica”
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