Juilliard Quartet

Sun., Feb. 24, 3 p.m., $22.50, Pennsylvania Convention Center Auditorium, 13th and Race streets, 215-569-8080, pcmsconcerts.org.

by Peter Burwasser

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Published: Feb 19, 2008

classical

Here's a good formula for a classical concert: something unusual, something new and something well-known and loved. And so it will be for a performance by the celebrated Juilliard Quartet. The unusual spot is taken by the lovely but rarely heard Quartet of Verdi, the "new" by Elliott Carter's String Quartet No. 2. OK, a 1959 composition is not exactly new, but this music still bristles with an intelligence and energy, delivered in an unabashedly modern voice that is heard much less in our post-tonal age. There is a lot of Carter in the air these days, as the great American composer closes in on 100 years of life. May his vivid imagination be an inspiration to this generation. And the beloved work? Mozart's transcendent Clarinet Quintet, with the wonderful Philly Orchestra principal Ricardo Morales as the guest soloist.

Sun., Feb. 24, 3 p.m., $22.50, Pennsylvania Convention Center Auditorium, 13th and Race streets, 215-569-8080, pcmsconcerts.org.

 

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