Hi! My name is Emanuel Howard and I am a viola student at SPA this summer. On Friday night, I attended the Harlem String Quartet's recital. Their sound and unity is unlike any other quartet I have heard. And they have only been playing together for 4 years! The highlight of the concert for me was the Beethoven quartet Op. 59 No. 2, "Razumovsky." This piece, as Ilmar explained, is the second of 3 string quartets commissioned by Russian count Andreas Razumovsky. These quartets, which all feature a Russian theme are known as some of the hardest string quartets in the literature.
In concerts like this one, SPA through the example of our teachers, shows students how hard work can result in success in the competitive discipline that is the classical music world.
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