Review: Music at St. David's by Jeremy Lyons
There is something satisfying about the sound produced by a family of instruments. Such a sound might be as close as instruments can get to imitating the power achieved by a choir of voices. Of all the western music instrument families, the violin family is perhaps the most famous, and the wealth of quality repertoire composed for the string quartet medium reflects this popularity.
On Friday, March 1st 2019, the Bergamot Quartet presented five compositions that reveal the current treatment of the string quartet as a musical genre. The concert, held at St. David’s Episcopal Church, was part of the 2018-2019 Music at St. David’s series curated by Douglas Buchanan. The Bergamot Quartet is Ledah Fink and Sarah Thomas, violins; Amy Tan, viola; and Irene Han, cello.