Notes and Editorial Reviews
Formed in Chicago in 1997, The Fry Street Quartet (FSQ) brims with exuberance and energy. The quartet's 2001 debut at Weill Recital in New York "spoke of precision, preparation, excitement, profound heritage, and ultimate satisfaction" New York Concert Review. Their performance earlier that season at the 92nd Street Y in New York was hailed by the New York Times as "a triumph of ensemble playing." Winners of the Millennium Grand Prize the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the First Prize Winners of the Yellow Springs Competition, the FSQ performs nationally and internationally with concerts across the country, and their debuts in Austria and the Czech Republic were in the fall of 2004. The FSQ made their
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European debut with a concert tour of the Balkans sponsored by Carnegie Hall and the U.S. State Department. The quartet is Faculty Quartet in Residence at Utah State University where they enjoy influencing and encouraging future generations of musicians. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Quartet for Strings no 1 "Kreutzer Sonata" by Leos Janácek
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Fry Street Quartet
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1923; Brno, Czech Republic
2.
Quartet for Strings no 9 in C major, Op. 59 no 3 "Razumovsky" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Fry Street Quartet
Written: 1805/6
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