The Mendelssohn Octet will end Monday’s concert in Auer Hall, following two contemporary string quartets, one by Shulamit Ran, her Quartet No. 3, “Glitter, Doom, Shards, Memory” and Gyorgy Ligeti’s ...
Fortunately the work happens to be a showstopper that never fades, full of vibrant energy, exciting virtuosity and dramatic ­pathos. Written, almost unbelievably, when the composer was only 16, the ...