On 10 January 1948 a long queue formed outside London’s Wigmore Hall:
that afternoon’s concert was the professional debut of four young men
calling themselves the “Amadeus Quartet”. Those lucky enough to gain
admission enjoyed a feast of great music outstandingly played. The
foursome started with the Mozart D minor quartet (K 421) and followed
this with the Verdi, a tricky piece that, according to one critic,
placed the Amadeus “right at the top of the tree technically,
intellectually and musically”. They brought things to a close with
Beethoven’s “Razumovsky” Quartet No. 3, throwing themselves into its
Allegro molto finale with an energetic burst of truly virtuosic playing.
That afternoon, the Amadeus Quartet was triumphantly launched on a
career that was to continue, its personnel unchanged, for nearly forty
years.
On 10 January 1948 a long queue formed outside London’s Wigmore Hall:
that afternoon’s concert was the professional debut of four young men
calling themselves the “Amadeus Quartet”. Those lucky enough to gain
admission enjoyed a feast of great music outstandingly played. The
foursome started with the Mozart D minor quartet (K 421) and followed
this with the Verdi, a tricky piece that, according to one critic,
placed the Amadeus “right at the top of the tree technically,
intellectually and musically”. They brought things to a close with
Beethoven’s “Razumovsky” Quartet No. 3, throwing themselves into its
Allegro molto finale with an energetic burst of truly virtuosic playing.
That afternoon, the Amadeus Quartet was triumphantly launched on a
career that was to continue, its personnel unchanged, for nearly forty
years.
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