Apr-19-2010 —

Harlem Quartet Chosen as Next Resident Ensemble in NEC's Professional String Quartet Training Program

Ensemble Comprising Laureates from the Sphinx Competition has a Mission to Advance Diversity in Classical Music

Performed at White House in December and Featured on Today Show on Christmas Morning

Much lauded in his lifetime, Walter Piston is remembered chiefly today for his eight Symphonies, the two Violin Concertos and the popular ballet, The Incredible Flutist. This recording presents three of the five string quartets, which range from from the lithe neo-Classicism of the First Quartet and the rhythmic trenchancy and intense melodic writing of the Third Quartet to the forceful yet accessible Fifth. This is the Naxos début of the Harlem Quartet, an ensemble comprising First-Place...

Newburgh Chamber Music opened its new concert series with a remarkable group, the Harlem Quartet, only in its second year of existence yet already making its place on the musical map.