Preparing for the opening concert of the Ladies Morning Musical Club season, I fell hard for Shostakovich’s Quartet No. 7 and Beethoven’s Quartet in B flat major Opus 130/133. I listened to them on repeat all week and arrived at Pollack Hall itching to hear them live. But first I had to get past the repetitive hamming of Ravel’s String Quartet, standing between me and my satisfaction like a border guard in
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