Critical Acclaim
"The Lydians are fine players, full of dramatic charge and integrated to perfection."
-- The Daily Telegraph (London, England)
"The Lydian Quartet seems to have arrived at its prime, finding a balance between instinct and intellect, exploration and experience, brains and heart."
-- The Boston Globe
"The Lydians approached the works sensitively and with the full range of tone, from warmth to brashness, that the contemporary literature demands."
-- The New York Times
Around the World in a String Quartet
Audiences around the world have experienced the exceptional musicianship of the Lydian String Quartet. The internationally acclaimed quartet, comprised of Daniel Stepner and Judith Eissenberg, violins; Mary Ruth Ray, viola; and Joshua Gordon, violoncello, are professors of the practice of music at Brandeis. For the 2008/2009 Brandeis concert season, the quartet will continue its new multi-year concert series "Around the World in a String Quartet," as well as individual performances by Joshua Gordon and Daniel Stepner.
Lydian String Quartet
Around the World in a String Quartet Concerts
Saturday, October 4, 8 p.m. Concert
7 p.m. Lecture
America/Peru/Germany
Charles Ives Quartet No. 1 "From the Salvation Army"
Gabriela Lena Frank "Leyendas - An Andean Walkabout"
Ludwig van Beethoven Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 74
Saturday, November 8, 8 p.m. Concert
7 p.m. Lecture
Germany/China/Austria
Ludwig van Beethoven Quartet in G Major, Op. 18, No.2
Bright Sheng Quartet No. 4 "Silent Temple"
W. A. Mozart Quintet in G Minor, K. 516,
with Laura Klugherz, viola
Saturday, January 31, 8 p.m. Concert
7 p.m. Lecture
America/France/Germany
Yehudi Wyner "Brandeis Sunday"
Henri Dutilleux "Ainsi la nuit"
Ludwig van Beethoven Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2
Saturday, March 14, 8 p.m. Concert
7 p.m. Lecture
Germany/America/Czechoslovakia
Ludwig van Beethoven Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 127
Jace Clayton Improvisations for String Quartet and DJ
with Jace Clayton, a.k.a. DJ Rupture
Leoš Janácek Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters"
Lydian Solo Recitals
Saturday, January 24, 8:00 p.m.
Joshua Gordon, cello and Randall Hodgkinson, piano
Mentors and Protégés: Elliott Carter at 100
Cellist Joshua Gordon and pianist Randall Hodgkinson celebrate Elliott Carter’s 100th birthday with works for solo cello and solo piano by Ives, Carter, and Machover, then join forces for Carter’s landmark 1948 Cello and Piano Sonata.
Sunday, February 8, 3:00 p.m.
A Tribute to Irving Fine
Daniel Stepner, violin and Sally Pinkas, piano
In honor of Irving Fine, American composer and founder of the Brandeis Music Department, violinist Daniel Stepner and pianist Sally Pinkas perform music by Fine, as well as Stravinsky, Harbison and Fauré.
The Tribute to Irving Fine event is free and open to the public.