Review of “Adagio for String Quartet”

A Night to Remem­ber” — a review of the Sep­tem­ber 20, 2011 New York Com­posers Cir­cle con­cert at Barge­mu­sic — was pub­lished in the online mag­a­zine Sound­Word­Sight. The review was writ­ten by the music critic David Abrams.

He writes:

PUBLI­Quar­tet gave Richard Russell’s “Ada­gio for String Quar­tet” a soft caress­ing ten­der­ness and great charm. PUBLIQuartet’s inter­pre­ta­tion of this piece showed why it is one of the most pop­u­lar con­tem­po­rary works for string quartet.

Although my piece only has a brief men­tion, the review of the con­cert over­all is very pos­i­tive, and I am very glad to have been a part of it. A group photo was taken after the con­cert, but I must have been in the restroom!

The full review can be read by click­ing here: http://soundwordsight.com/?p=682

Com­posers with PUBLI­Quar­tet. Left-to-right back row: Max Giteck Duyk­ers, Richard Brooks, Nick Revel, Amanda Gookin, Jan­nina Nor­poth, and Cur­tis Stew­art. Front row: Peri Mauer and Nataliya Medvedovskaya.

About Richard D. Russell

This was written by Richard D. Russell, New York City based composer of fine music.