If you are in NYC and have some spare time, you should make it a point to go to Columbia University's Philosophy Hall and attend their free lunchtime concert series. Right now, Jennifer Koh is going through Bach Partitas, one Partita at a time:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/arts/music/30koh.html?ref=arts
When I was at Columbia a year and a half ago, I attended a few of the Pacifica Quartet's Beethoven Cycle concerts... they played one quartet per concert. I wrote about the C#-minor quartet performance here:
http://selfdivider.com/base/?p=80
Anyway, it's really casual. Some people even bring kids! Pack a lunch. You can sit literally an arm's length away from the performers if you get there about 20 mins early.
If you are in NYC and have some spare time, you should make it a point to go to Columbia University's Philosophy Hall and attend their free lunchtime concert series. Right now, Jennifer Koh is going through Bach Partitas, one Partita at a time:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/arts/music/30koh.html?ref=arts
When I was at Columbia a year and a half ago, I attended a few of the Pacifica Quartet's Beethoven Cycle concerts... they played one quartet per concert. I wrote about the C#-minor quartet performance here:
http://selfdivider.com/base/?p=80
Anyway, it's really casual. Some people even bring kids! Pack a lunch. You can sit literally an arm's length away from the performers if you get there about 20 mins early.