Alban Berg Quartet's Passionate and Bittersweet Farewell

The Washington Post | February 25, 2008| | Copyright

The Alban Berg Quartet preserves a bygone style of playing: the rich full string sound of Central Europe. Founded in 1971, the group has maintained its position as one of the leading string quartets in Europe, particularly in its native Vienna, where it has long had its own chamber series at the Konzerthaus. Now, the current members have decided it is time to close. On Friday night, they bid goodbye to Washington, a stop on an ongoing round of farewell appearances that will conclude in Buenos Aires in July. Their Library of Congress performance was sometimes searing, generally autumnal, and ...

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