Ed Svoboda
02-15-2008, 02:45 AM
PRISM Quartet, Sat., Feb. 16, 8 p.m. at the Settlement Music School, 416 Queen St.
Tickets $15-$20
Phone 215-438-5282
The program begins with a pre-Soviet figure, with the landmark sax quartet of Glazunov, a brilliant composer, and a major figure in Russian pedagogy, having mentored Stravinsky and Shostakovich, among many others. The recital will continue into the red period with music of Gubaidulina, Denisov, Firsova and Smirnov, all four exponents of the legendary Moscow Conservatory.
http://www.prismquartet.com
Tickets $15-$20
Phone 215-438-5282
The program begins with a pre-Soviet figure, with the landmark sax quartet of Glazunov, a brilliant composer, and a major figure in Russian pedagogy, having mentored Stravinsky and Shostakovich, among many others. The recital will continue into the red period with music of Gubaidulina, Denisov, Firsova and Smirnov, all four exponents of the legendary Moscow Conservatory.
http://www.prismquartet.com