"There’s no question that Vancouver’s hard-core classical fanbase loves its chamber music. For as long as almost anyone can remember, Friends of Chamber Music has made Vancouver a necessary stop on the itineraries of all the world’s great string quartets. This season—the Friends’ 62nd—will be no exception, beginning Tuesday Oct. 6 at the Playhouse with the Takacs Quartet."
David Gordon Duke, Vancouver Sun – September 23, 2009
“An admirable philosophy of quality over hype often seems to be taken a stage too far at Friends of Chamber Music (in its 57th season).
A business-as-usual season brought fine programs to town, including the Borodin and Emerson Quartets, the Spoleto Festival ensemble, and the latest (some might say the best) version of the Beaux Arts Trio to the Playhouse.
I recall that some time ago Sun music critic Lloyd Dyck perceptively mused that chamber music was almost by definition not the stuff to excite young audiences. Now that there are several hundred advanced music students waiting for their opportunity to escape from the rain forest and hear top performers in New York and London, it's odd that more of them don't turn out on Tuesday evenings to hear the cream of the world's chamber ensembles.
Grade, as ever, A."
David Gordon Duke, Vancouver Sun – July 2, 2005
“This was yet another in a long, long series of slam-dunks for The Friends of Chamber Music whose flawless programming brings the very best musical ensembles year-in-year-out to the Vancouver Playhouse. Now in its fifty-eighth season, the Society shows no signs of losing its touch.”
J. H. Stape, Review Vancouver – February 14, 2006
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