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MusicJanuary 2008 New York chronicle On the St. Lawrence String Quartet at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, members of the Berlin Philharmonic at the Knickerbocker Club, the Salzburg Festival at the Morgan Library, and the Kirov Orchestra & Chorus at Carnegie Hall. The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center staged a noteworthy concert—only it wasn’t at Lincoln Center. Alice Tully Hall, CMS’s home, is undergoing renovation (like much of the Lincoln Center campus). So this concert was at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, a few blocks away at Sixty-fourth Street and Central Park West. You might consider this a temple of humanism, and it is beautifully built—with abundant wood. In gilt letters over the stage is a small-s scripture: “The Place Where People Meet to Seek the Highest Is Holy Ground.” Under such a banner, one has almost a duty to play well. And the St. Lawrence String Quartet plays well. They are a group from Canada, as the name should tell you, and, in 2006, they made an outstanding recording of three Shostakovich quartets (for EMI Classics). Their guests in the CMS ... This article is available to subscribers and for individual purchaseSubscribe to TNC (Print and Online editions) Subscribe to TNC (Online only) This article originally appeared in The New Criterion, Volume 26 January 2008, on page 50 Copyright © 2008 The New Criterion | www.newcriterion.com http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/new-york-chronicle-22-3741
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