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He Who Laughs Last…
After the searing and emotionally draining Piano Quintet by Alfred Schnittke on Thursday, it was with a decidedly dubious sense of anticipation that I approached this afternoon’s concert by the St. Petersburg String Quartet. I “enjoy” Schnittke (quite a lot, actually…), but actively listening to his biter sarcasm can easily become an emotional marathon; barefoot on the gravel, the Russian biathlon team close behind with cattle prods. Hardly an image that should come to mind when visiting the inviting grounds of Mepkin Abbey, but the quintet’s haunting chill has stayed with me. I need not have worried. Yes, the Quartet No. 3 pokes one repeatedly with a square needle (ah, memories of boot camp…); but when performed to near perfection, as it was today, becomes a kaleidoscopic series of pictures of a heart beating amidst turmoil, anguish, and oppression.
And approaching perfection seems to be the SPSQ’s goal. Their concert at Mepkin last year quickly shot into the list of top five live performances I’ve ever attended. It’s still a bit early to make a judgment about this performance, but it’s definitely got a bullet! Throughout the performance, which also included Maurice Ravel’s lone contribution to the string quartet form and an encore from Claude Debussy, our quartet displayed wonderful grace, an exacting sense of how to convey a difficult program, and the kind of fire and passion only brought by long-standing intimacy.
The Andante of Schnittke’s quartet begins with a soft...
Clair de lune (Debussy)
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