As you can see from the photo above, there is a lot of stuff on my plate for the month of September! The Arnica Quartet is playing a concert of music by Daniel Ott and Benjamin Britten – two composers that don’t really set out to write simple music – for our concert at the Community Music Center on September 30th (tickets are available from the Oregon Symphony box office – order by phone or in person – click here for more information). And this doesn’t even include the three Oregon Symphony programs that we will be rehearsing during the same period of time. Phew! Though it is a very challenging program, it will also be a very rewarding one, and a good preparation for our cycle of Britten’s music for string quartet that we’ll be mounting in observation of Britten’s centenary celebrations, which will begin in the fall of 2012.
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I’m looking forward to your concert. Britten is my favorite composer. I just downloaded the sting quartets from I tunes (Maggini quartet).
The quartets are fantastic, and I’m glad you’re coming! You should also check out the excellent cycles by the Belcea Quartet and the Brodsky Quartet. Both are also very, very good.