Emerson String Quartet reviewed by Boston Globe

Read Jeremy Eichler's review of Sunday afternoon's Celebrity Series concert by the Emerson String Quartet (login req'd), the ensemble's last in Boston with David Finckel in the cello chair.

David Finckel's Long Goodbye

Cellist David Finckel makes his last appearance in Boston with the Emerson String Quartet this Sunday. He has been doing some thinking as he makes other "final" appreances on his tour. Here is a sample:

"What am I really leaving? Is it three incredible colleagues, who have inspired, educated and supported me for three decades? Certainly yes, but what about that little roadside stand off the Taconic Parkway where every fall, on my way to South Mountain Concerts in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, I have bought tomatoes?"

Read all of The Long Goodbye

Globe review of Finckel, Han, Setzer concert

Jeffrey Gantz reviewed Sunday's recital by cellist David Finckel, pianist Wu Han and violinist Phillip Setzer for today's Boston Globe. Read review here (login required).

Finckel, Han and Setzer on the Schubert Piano Trios (video w narration)

David Finckel, Wu Han and Philip Setzer will perform Schubert Trios nos. 1 & 2 on February 21 at Jordan Hall. In this video, they play and discuss Schubert trios (from Music@Menlo in 2008).

Finckel-Han-Setzer concert to go nationwide

The February 21 concert by cellist David Finckel, pianist Wu Han and violinist Philip Setzer will be recorded for rebroadcast on WGBH's classical station at 99.5 FM (formerly WCRB, or rather, probably still WCRB in the eyes of the FCC, but - well, you get the idea) and will get a nationwide airing on American Public Media's Performance Today.

So, really, turn off those cell phones.