Articles tagged: Rackham Auditorium
Beloved Takacs Quartet returning for Beethoven, Britten and Haydn
Posted: Apr 07, 2013When the Takacs Quartet returns to Ann Arbor’s Rackham Auditorium Friday, it bring quartets from two of the big Bs—Beethoven and Britten—plus one from the Papa of them all, Haydn. The group opens, fittingly enough, ... Read more »
Acclaimed Artemis Quartet making its first Ann Arbor appearance with intriguing program
Posted: Mar 08, 2013Artemis Quartet In a town like Ann Arbor, where the world’s great musicians come regularly to the doorstep, it’s still occasionally our turn to play catch-up. Chamber music fans do just that Wednesday, when the ... Read more »
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet offering a mix of old and new at Rackham
Posted: Feb 03, 2013All professions, including live performance, carry with them the risk of the habitual. We’ve all heard orchestras “phoning it in,” for example, offering routine playing, without any spark. But “drudgery is not a risk in ... Read more »
Acclaimed New Century Chamber Orchestra, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg returning to Ann Arbor
Posted: Jan 27, 2013Note: story has been changed to correct a reference to the venue at the orchestra's last local appearance. Electric. That’s the word that comes to mind to describe the Ann Arbor debut, in the 2010-2011 ... Read more »
Belcea Quartet founder reflects on Beethoven program coming to Rackham Auditorium
Posted: Nov 04, 2012The Belcea Quartet. A Beethoven quartet cycle is a mighty thing, and for the members of the Belcea Quartet, which appears Nov. 11 at Rackham Auditorium in the University Musical Society Chamber Arts Series, it’s ... Read more »
Jerusalem Quartet returning to Ann Arbor, this time for Shostakovich
Posted: Oct 05, 2012The Jerusalem Quartet returns to Ann Arbor on Wednesday. Chamber-music-loving Ann Arborites consider it their due to have regular visits from the world’s great string quartets. And the University Musical Society has obliged, issuing repeated, ... Read more »
UMS introducing Pavel Haas Quartet to Ann Arbor on first American tour
Posted: Apr 14, 2012The folks at the University Musical Society often know what we want to hear before we do. That’s the case, it would seem, with the Pavel Haas Quartet, which makes its UMS debut Wednesday evening ... Read more »
St. Lawrence String Quartet coming to town with works old and (very) new
Posted: Apr 01, 2012The question “What’s new?” has particular meaning for the St. Lawrence String Quartet, set to perform at Rackham Auditorium Thursday, in the second of two University Musical Society appearances this season. The four players—violinists Geoff ... Read more »
San Francisco Symphony takes audiences on a remarkable tour of 'American Mavericks'
Posted: Mar 26, 2012The weather has been balmy here in Ann Arbor. But a weekend’s worth of American Mavericks concerts by the San Francisco Symphony, in town courtesy of the University Musical Society, delivered a bracing Bay Area ... Read more »
Esteemed Hagen Quartet returning to Ann Arbor, Beethoven on the bill
Posted: Feb 19, 2012The Hagen Quartet In the Hagen Quartet, three’s a family: Brothers Lukas and Clemens play violin and cello, respectively; sister Veronika plays viola. And then, four’s company: violinist Rainer Schmidt has been with the group ... Read more »
Shanghai Chinese Orchestra musicians reinterpreting traditional sounds at Rackham
Posted: Feb 04, 2012The Chamber Ensemble of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra Forget violin, viola and cello. Forget flute, clarinet, French horn. When the Chamber Ensemble of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra makes its University Musical Society debut Friday evening ... Read more »
Sabine Meyer, Trio di Clarone preview celebrating Mozart and more at Rackham
Posted: Feb 01, 2012Sabine Meyer Curiosity must run in the family for clarinetist Sabine Meyer, former principal clarinet with the Berlin Philharmonic; her husband, clarinetist Reiner Wehle; and her brother, clarinetist Wolfgang Meyer. Back in 1983, it inspired ... Read more »
Maurice Steger, Violons du Roy offer thrilling baroque playing at Rackham
Posted: Jan 29, 2012“Swiss recorder virtuoso.” “The world’s leading recorder virtuoso.” The stiff labels don’t make Maurice Steger sound that exciting, you know? But listen to this guy play—which is precisely what the rapt audience at Rackham Auditorium ... Read more »
Top-flight recorder player Maurice Steger highlights Rackham appearance by Violons du Roy
Posted: Jan 22, 2012Lots of children have stories about learning to play the recorder in elementary school. Most of them do not involve going on to become recorder virtuosos. My daughter’s story is one of puzzlement. The only ... Read more »
Beijing Guitar Duo making local debut in Rackham appearance
Posted: Nov 18, 2011The Beijing Guitar Duo comes to Rackham Auditorium on Sunday. He may be partial to them: after all, they are his students. But when a guitar great like Manuel Barrueco tells you that Meng Su ... Read more »
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