All just my personal opinion
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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Concert review, ★★★½, Belenus Quartet @ Kirche St.Peter, Zurich, 2021-09-05 — Haydn: String Quartet in E♭ major, op.33/2, “The Joke”; Beethoven: String Quartet No.11 in F minor, op.95, “Serioso”
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Blog post #476 — Concert review, ★★★★, Artemis Quartet (Vineta Sareika, Anthea Kreston, Gregor Sigl, Eckart Runge) @ LAC / Teatrostudio, Lugano, 2019-03-15 — Barber: II. Molto adagio from String Quartet op.11 (a.k.a. Adagio for Strings, op.11a); Britten: String Quartet No.2 in C major, op.36; Schubert: String Quartet No.14 in D minor, D.810, “Death and the Maiden”
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Concert review, Schumann Quartet @ Kirche St.Peter, Zurich, 2018-04-08 — Haydn: String Quartet in B♭ major, op.76/4, Hob III:78, “Sunrise”; Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No.3 in E♭ minor, op.30
Concert review, Francesco Piemontesi, Charles Dutoit / Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2017-10-18 — Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, op.37; Shostakovich: Symphony No.15 in A major, op.141
Just some fragmentary, amateurish thoughts on a complex topic of which a detailed discussion is way beyond the scope of a blog entry (I’m not qualified to provide comprehensive coverage of this topic anyway). When thinking about cultural and technological evolution since medieval times, it is common to assume / state that things happen at an exponential pace…