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He is a gifted humorist (as with his music making, he doesn’t press) and his banter helps some people feel less threatened by classical music.

The critically acclaimed Takács Quartet performs a complete Bartók string quartet cycle-a musical touchstone of the 20th century, composed over a span of three decades.

The Takacs Quartet always shows that there is, and must be, room for insightful, intense performances of major works. 

The O’Connor Band, however, has produced a truly striking album of singular beauty entitled Coming Home. 

I have seldom seen a performance of greater concentration - or one so exciting.

Their performance delivered absolutely top-notch music-making, as fine as one could ever expect to hear.  

2016 has been a rather remarkable year for the Calidore String Quartet.

The Calidore String Quartet gave a discerning and absorbing concert Sunday afternoon...concentrating on simple and direct expression and never exaggerating for drama or effect.

Each year the movie industry gives out Oscars for the best performances in supporting roles. It’s too bad that there’s no similar award in chamber music. If someone would kindly fund one, I’d like to nominate Estelle Choi, the cellist of the Calidore String Quartet.

The all-male dance parody troupe is still the funniest and most sophisticated act around, and it is hard to forget yesteryear’s glittering panoply of faux assolutas with stage names like Tamara Boumdiyeva and Ida Neversayneva. But nostalgia is dangerous. So let me state categorically: In the four decades I have been following the Trocks, they have never danced better.