Wednesday, 10/21/09

When’s the last time you heard a string quartet play music from Iraq?

Kronos Quartet, “Oh Mother, The Handsome Man Tortures Me,” live, London, 2008

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lagniappe

I’ve always wanted the string quartet to be vital, and energetic, and alive, and cool, and not afraid to kick ass.—David Harrington (Kronos Quartet, violin [far left in this clip])