Tokyo Quartet

Day 17 – String Quartet No. 3, Piano Quartet No. 1

Today, while I munch on a plate of cheese, crackers, ham, summer sausage, and olives and sip a rather nice organic Sauvignon Blanc, I listen to Brahms’ String Quartet No. 3 as performed by the Tokyo String Quartet. This is so meta. What I’m snacking on seems to go with this music like cheese goes … [Read more…]

Day 16 – String Quartets 1 & 2

Today is Easter Sunday. It’s a big day for Christians worldwide. In fact, the biggest. This is year is different, though. We couldn’t go to church in person. (Thanks a lot, COVID-19.) So everyone tuned in on the Internet. Wasn’t the same, of course. But it was nice enough. Before service time, however, I settled … [Read more…]