| “Superb string
quartets are plentiful at the moment. But even so, the performance
that the Parker String Quartet gave on Tuesday evening at
Weill Recital Hall set the group apart as something extraordinary.”
–The
New York Times
“This was Beethoven as high drama, couched
in a sound with an unusual presence, depth and warmth, and
pushed to its emotional limits.”
–The New York Times
But beyond the alternative space and the banter with the audience, what distinguished the Parkers' set was their fiercely committed performances. They conveyed an appealing sense of urgency in Ravel's Quartet, and brought out the rugged extraterrestrial beauty of Ligeti's First Quartet. These qualities come through all the more strongly in such an intimate venue.
-The Boston Globe.
“The Parker never used force; the players
always let the music speak—thrillingly—for itself.”
–The Strad
”Passages that demand ensemble precision
were flawlessly balanced, perfectly tuned and sheathed in
lustrous textures. Even the sections where Bartok asks for
deliberately off-pitch playing, or sliding between pitches,
moved with a fluidity that kept the music's currents of anxiety,
tension and resolution fully in the spotlight. They played
this work as the perfect modernist counterpart to the Beethoven.
–The New York Times
“They propel the music irresistibly but
with extraordinary grace and flexibility and, above all, they
make sense of the music.”
- The Washington Post
“wonderful integrity and dedication,
a beautiful balanced sound and an extremely high technical
standard.”
-Paul Katz
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