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Article: MENDELSSOHN STRING QUARTET OPENS MAVERICK CONCERT SERIES.(Weekend)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- June 27, 1986
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Byline: Scott Cantrell
Much fussed-over "musical trends" often prove to be illusory, but it's hard to deny the veritable explosion in the field of chamber music. Thirty years ago there were only a couple of string quartets actually making a living at concertizing; today there seem to be dozens of them, and some of the youngest ones are playing circles around some of the veterans.
"Thirty years ago there just weren't opportunities," says Ira Weller, violist of the Mendelssohn String Quartet, "so it wasn't first and foremost on a string- player's mind to go out and play string quartets. It's wonderful that there are all these concerts now, but it's also ...