Bostonist and St. Botolph's Town on St. Lawrence String Quartet

In photo: The St. Lawrence String Quartet without Menahem Pressler

Shout outs, props, high-fives, strokes, raves and kudos to St. Botolph's Town and Bostonist for giving the Boston-area blogoshpere the heads/blogs up on the arrival of the St. Lawrence String Quartet (SLSQ) and pianist Menahem Pressler this Saturday. The post includes links on SLSQ, composer R. Murray Shafer, Bank of America Celebrity Series (ahem) and some downloadable music from the SLSQ web site - but don't take my word for it, click through and see for yourself. I recommend reading the whole post, there's something there for everyone and likely something new to everyone.

Why does this bit of regional Boston blogism make me so happy? Certainly, it's nice just to get attention for a worthy project, but maybe it's a reaction to this post from The Rest is Noise that had me a bit depressed about the status of classical music as some kind of "other" in certain circles. I guess it makes me happy to be in the frog pond with everyone else for a change.

The Bostonist post that lists the SLSQ date also lists The Wedding Present, Nada Surf, Boston Secession, and three ensembles presented by the Celebrity Series at one time or another, the Boston Camerata and the Sharq Arabic Music Ensemble and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (a variety that would make Alex Ross, and a lot of other like-minded folks, happy indeed). But like I said, read the whole thing...