Sitka Music Festival `Winter Classics´ - a review
(WorldNews Music)

By Colin Roshak This past Sunday, the Ariel Quartet returned for their final concert as part of the Sitka Music Festival´s Winter Classics series. The quartet, in residence at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, first formed nearly 20 years ago and have performed around the world. Their visit this past week, with five concerts in four days, was dedicated to the exploration and celebration of perhaps Beethoven´s most enduring legacy - his string quartets. The concert began with Beethoven´s `Malinconia´ quartet, op. 18 no. 6, a work that represents his mastery of the...