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Rochester NY
Musicians from Marlboro
Four groups of Musicians from Marlboro are touring the country through May, each with one major artist from the Marlboro Music Festival and the others at the start of their careers. It was a group of six strings that visited Rochester November 8.
Violinist Harumi Rhodes, violist Burchard Tang, and cellist Soo Bae opened the concert with a performance of Beethoven's String Trio, Op. 9:2, that had textures and styles sounding very much like Haydn and long-lined Mozart, infused with the techniques and esthetics of period-instrument playing. The combination of their crisp articulation and bounce-off-thestring bowing gave a joyous clarity to their music-making. Tempos were bright without trying to prove anything, and they phrased even the smallest details with intelligence and continuity....