All Emerson Quartet articles
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NewsViolinist Eugene Drucker announced as Berkshire Bach Society artistic director
The founding member of the Emerson String Quartet takes on the role following the quartet’s 2023 dissolution
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NewsPhoto gallery: the Emerson Quartet’s final concert
The quartet performed its final concerts on 21 and 22 October 2023.
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Emerson Quartet: Infinite Voyage
An affecting farewell from one of the major quartets of today
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Article‘I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else in the world’ - Barbara Hannigan and her collaboration with the Emerson Quartet
Soprano Barbara Hannigan talks to The Strad about her final collaboration with the Emerson Quartet in their new CD Infinite Voyage
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ReviewConcert review: Emerson Quartet
Peter Quantrill attends the quartet’s final London concert at Queen Elizabeth Hall on 8 November 2022
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FocusThe value of good tools: Instruments of the Emerson Quartet
The members of the Emerson Quartet speak about the relationships with their instruments and favoured luthier Samuel Zygmuntowicz
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NewsThe Strad November 2022 issue is out now!
The Emerson Quartet reflects on 47 years of music making as it embarks on its farewell tour
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Go where there is no path and leave a trail’ - Emerson Quartet: We journey together
As the Emerson Quartet embarks on its final tour, the members talk to Bruce Hodges about their instruments, their future and their past as one of the great string quartets
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ReviewConcert review: Brentano Quartet, Pacifica Quartet, American String Quartet, Anton Nel (piano) Eighth Blackbird, Telegraph Quartet, Charles Neidich (Clarinet) Emerson Quartet
Bruce Hodges attends a performance marking the 50th anniversary of the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation at The Town Hall on 8 October 2021
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NewsEmerson Quartet to retire in 2023
The ensemble’s retirement will come after a 47-year long career, and a busy penultimate season
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ReviewEmerson Quartet: Schumann
A pure but not simple approach from a quartet making its label debut
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NewsEmerson Quartet cancels Europe concert dates
The ensemble will forego March concerts in Finland, France, Spain, Austria and Poland as a precaution in the light of coronavirus
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ReviewChaconnes and Fantasias - Britten: String Quartets no.2 in C major op.36 & no.3 in G major op.94; Purcell: Chacony in G minor (arr. Britten), Fantazias nos 6, 8, 10 & 11
The Strad Issue: October 2017Description: Fantasy and intensity at play in a British line of musical successionMusicians: Emerson QuartetComposer: Britten, Purcell Catalogue Number: DECCA GOLD 4815204 The musical relationships between Britten and his illustrious forebear Purcell are explored on this neatly conceived programme, which intermingles ...
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FocusThe Emerson Quartet on the future of string quartet playing
After more than 30 recordings and many international tours, the Emerson Quartet players speak to Jessica Duchen about marking their 40th anniversary year
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FocusNever ignore a niggling pain, says cellist David Finckel
The former Emerson Quartet cellist on how a growing back problem led to two weeks on a friend's sofa