Musically speaking, the time of the String Quartet No. 2 was the beginning of the end for Borodin. It was written when he was in his late forties and at exactly the period when finding time for music ...

It's said that the cello in the String Quartet No. 2 is the amorous “voice” of composer Alexander Borodin while the first violin represents his wife, to whom he dedicated the quartet as a 20th ...

Several of Vancouver’s classical music organizations are exploring the trend toward focused miniseries. (I shy away from the term “binge-listening,” but it’s certainly expressive enough). In the next ...

String quartets come and go fairly quickly. Orchestras endure for centuries, but 40 years is a good run for a quartet. But no other quartet can quite match the record of the Borodin Quartet, which is ...

The Borodin String quartet performed as part of the International Festival of the Arts and the Chamber Music NZ 2010 programme to a packed Town Hall. The programme was exclusively Russian and featured ...

Alexander Borodin was an amateur musician, but you can't tell that from his music. His String Quartet No. 2 is a masterpiece of melody and great compositional skill. The Borgonzi String Quartet plays ...

From a concert at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, in Interlochen, Mich., a performance by I Musici de Montreal, who stopped by for a visit last summer. The orchestra plays what was listed in the ...