The Escher Quartet, seen here playing the second movement of Zemlinsky's Third Quartet, will perform the composer's four quartets under the auspices of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center tomorrow night; the event will be streamed live. Of the four, the Second is particularly notable, breathing much the same rarefied air as Schoenberg's Second Quartet. The Chamber Music Society is undertaking this season a laudable series of quartet cycles, looking beyond the usual suspects: also featured are Nielsen, Ginastera, and Leon Kirchner. Only with a Bartók cycle by the Jerusalem Quartet does the series venture into standard fare.
Previously: Late glimmers of a golden age, At the grave of Zemlinsky.
