Tannery Pond Concerts Summer Schedule Announced for 2012, including the Tokyo String Quarter and Emanuel Ax, by Michael Miller

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At Tannery Pond during a break, June 2011. Photo Michael Miller.

Tannery Pond Concerts has announced the schedule for the summer of 2012. As always it is a stimulating brew of diverse groups and repertory. This year looks like a string quartet year, with the Harlem String Quartet, the Brentano String Quartet, and the legendary Tokyo String Quartet in there last year before two of long-term members, violist Kazuhide Isomura and second violinist Kikuei Ikeda, retire in June, 2013. The Tokyo Quartet have set an example in technical precision, disciplined, finely-judged interpretation, and a rich palette of colors since their foundation in 1969.

Read the full preview on the Berkshire Review, an International Journal for the Arts!