Word: quartets
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Their tranquil, folky sound was once dubbed "dream pop," so the Irish quartet spent most of the 1990s trying to dispel that label (and its implied wimpyness) by veering into rough-edged rock. Bury the Hatchet deftly reverses course, scaling back the band's vision from the worldly to the personal and unearthing the contemplative style that got lost in layers of guitar noise. The band has rediscovered where its allure lies: in carefully sculpted songs that aren't too overpowering...
...those strange bedfellows, Brahms and Schoenberg, there seemed to be much confusion in the audience. "Wait I thought this was a Piano Quartet, where's the pianist?" "No, no, don't you see it's an orchestration." However perturbing this might have been at first, by the end of the triumphant fourth movement, all were raised to their feet. To quote Schoenberg's own succinct explanation...
Harvard's lack of rehearsal and performance space is ridiculous. Just ask the string quartet practicing in your House laundry room or the dancers stretching in the Winthrop...
...Blodgett Chamber Music Series at Harvard presents the Mendelssohn String Quartet, playing Mozart's String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, K. 590, Brahms' Clarinet Quintet in b minor, Op. 115, and Mozart's Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581. Only two tickets available per person. Paine Hall. 496-2222 8 p.m. FREE...
...like jazz and pops, the Mike Stern Quartet, featuring Bob Malach, Lincoln Goines and Dennis Chambers, may be just your kettle of fish. Through Friday. The Regatta Bar at the Charles Hotel...