NEW YORK TIMES: 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love String Quartets
NEW YORK TIMES: 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love String Quartets
BY ANDREW YEE, ATTACCA QUARTET CELLIST
“When I became friends with the composer Paul Wiancko a few years ago, he sent me a few of his pieces after a lunch of Japanese curry. When “Lift” played, it was as if a new color had been revealed that my eyes had been too lazy to see. Wiancko speaks through the string quartet in a voice that is fiercely honest, kind and full of life. It’s everything I want music in the 21st century to be. The first three minutes here squeeze life into slow, gliding harmonies that are interrupted by a straight-out party.”