This episode opens with Schoenberg’s String Quartet No. 3 Op 30 performed by the Fred Sherry String Quartet. Why that piece? For me – it reflects the anxiety of this 'coronafied' moment and a fevered hope for change.
About Fred Sherry -- Allan Kozinn – music critic for the NY Times -- wrote – “Few musicians have been as devoted to new and difficult music as he has, both as a soloist and through his involvement with ensembles like the Tashi Quartet, Speculum Musicae and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. But this man is so much more. I knew going into this conversation with Fred Sherry that there would be a problem in having a brief conversation. This man’s experiences are so deep and creatively varied and influential over many decades – that finding a focus would be difficult. And I was right. So – maybe we can see this as the start of a conversation with this most talented and creative musician.
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