by Jarrett Hoffman
The famously wild Große Fuge seemed to break the internet on Thursday, August 6 during an exhilarating performance by the Miró Quartet, their tenth as part of the live-streamed Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival.
Miró Quartet begins Beethoven cycle for Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival (July 16)
by Jarrett Hoffman
The 24 hours leading up to the opening concert of this year’s Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival were, as artistic director Aloysia Friedmann said during a post-recital Q&A, “harrowing.”
Miró Quartet to perform Beethoven Cycle for Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival
by Mike Telin
In case anyone has forgotten, 2020 is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven. And while COVID-19 has interrupted most of the performances that were planned to honor the composer, at least one celebration will go on. But not without some redesigns.
Beginning on Thursday, July 16 and continuing through August 8, the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival will present Beethoven’s complete string quartet cycle as performed by the Miró Quartet. The concerts will be streamed live in real time from a private venue in the Quartet’s base in Austin, Texas. For a complete schedule and to purchase tickets, click here.
Like most musicians and ensembles, the Miró — Daniel Ching and William Fedkenheuer (violins), John Largess (viola), and Joshua Gindele (cello) — began their unplanned hiatus in mid-March. Soon after, the Quartet began thinking about what the future held.