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All Hail the Pacificas!

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Wendy Lesser

I’ve been following the Pacifica Quartet for a few years now, and I’ve come to the conclusion that, despite some very fierce competition, they are my favorite string quartet. This is largely, of course, because of the way they play. … Continue reading →

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Conductors

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Wendy Lesser

For the first twenty or thirty years of my concert-going existence, I thought that the composer was everything. And then, a few years back, I began to notice how much difference a conductor could make. But even this realization did … Continue reading →

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