As I was listening to a portion of the Kairos Ensemble rehearsing for tonight’s upcoming benefit concert for Portland’s Phame Academy, I was struck (again) by just how great Mozarts quintets for strings (two violins, two violas, and cello) are. They are doing his great D major, K. 593 quintet, which I had the
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Color photo: © Peter Schaaf/www.peterschaaf.com It was with great sadness that I learned of the passing of the great cellist David Soyer today, one day after his 87th birthday. He was the founding cellist of the legendary Guarneri Quartet, with which he played from 1964 to 2001. His former student Peter Wiley took over after
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[L-R] John Dalley, Michael Tree, Arnold Steinhardt, David Wiley Photo credit: Dorothea von Haeften David Stabler reported today that John Dalley, the second violinist of the Guarneri Quartet (which is in its last season as an ensemble this year), has been stricken with cancer. John really has been the drive within the quartet – the
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