The Opus 76 Quartet

The Opus 76 Quartet is a professional String Quartet based in Kansas City, USA. First Quartet with its own digital streaming service:

[Damian Thompson @holysmoke]

My review of recent Beethoven piano sonata cycles for the @Spectator. One new cycle sweeps all before it – by a 77-year-old pianist with astonishing technique and a magisterial grasp of Beethoven’s structures.

[Damian Thompson @holysmoke]

Now @BrooksBrothers has filed for bankruptcy. Sad, but they messed up their magic formula. Here’s a piece I wrote for @Spectator_LIFE: https://t.co/jRezAeOm0N

[The Opus 76 Quartet @Opus76Quartet]

@holysmoke @BrooksBrothers @Spectator_LIFE I remember this piece very well!

[Damian Thompson @holysmoke]

Fantastic initiative by the glorious @Opus76Quartet: How to put on a live concert in the time of Covid-19 https://t.co/zhHIcvn7xP

[The Opus 76 Quartet @Opus76Quartet]

@holysmoke Cheers Damo!

[The Opus 76 Quartet @Opus76Quartet]

@KCStudioMag @CarlsenCenter Thanks guys!!

[The Opus 76 Quartet @Opus76Quartet]

We're bringing performances for live audiences back to Kansas City on June 5th. Here's a taste of what you can experience. Tickets at https://t.co/TP8QkvkzBc

https://t.co/QmREIoF8Nz

[The Opus 76 Quartet @Opus76Quartet]

@TheStradMag I play on one of his violins. It’s spectacular.

[Damian Thompson @holysmoke]

Also, violinist Keith Stanfield of the @Opus76Quartet not only talks brilliantly about American Catholicism but gives us a hideous glimpse of US worship songs as performed by @catholicew groupies. https://t.co/rFh1zMxFAH

[The Opus 76 Quartet @Opus76Quartet]

Our podcast this week is about Finding the Perfect Time for Haydn:

https://t.co/XlrQALVFrv

[The Opus 76 Quartet @Opus76Quartet]

A real pleasure to discuss religion and music in America and the UK post Coronavirus with ⁦@holysmoke⁩ https://t.co/c01B0N20ki

[The Opus 76 Quartet @Opus76Quartet]

We are having a live, in person concert on June 5th in Kansas City. Here's why:

https://t.co/nSL3M0a0rH

[The Strad @TheStradMag]

One of many instructional videos Swedish #luthier Peter Westerlund is releasing to showcase the techniques he uses in the workshop.

Here he is employing a 'unique' arching method that does away with templates and relies on the maker's own ears...

https://t.co/71gzVAsA8q

[The Opus 76 Quartet @Opus76Quartet]

@TheStradMag He made one of the violins in our Quartet!

[The Opus 76 Quartet @Opus76Quartet]

This week’s podcast episode: Beethoven op.18/6 and an interview with our ‘cellist, Sascha Groschang: https://t.co/DKbFy7yEvL

[Paul Horsley @phorsleycritic]

Here are six specific ways in which you can help the performing arts in KC: without leaving the house. In the past quarter-century, this city has transformed itself from hick to hip, largely because of long-overdue growth in the arts. Don't let this slide! https://t.co/ASunx2Nq0f

[The Opus 76 Quartet @Opus76Quartet]

@phorsleycritic Thankyou Paul!

[The Opus 76 Quartet @Opus76Quartet]

This week on our "Keeping Score" podcast - Haydn op.76 no.3 and an interview with our Violist, Ashley Stanfield:
https://t.co/JkHQUMoJYv

[The Opus 76 Quartet @Opus76Quartet]

Here's how we continue performing during the Coronavirus Pandemic, and what we think of Classical Music's place in society:
https://t.co/1RdcJFHEZn

[The Opus 76 Quartet @Opus76Quartet]

This week's episode of our "Keeping Score" podcast is out now: A Hungarian, Beethoven & Eccentricity. Feat. an interview with our violinist Zsolt Eder & us playing op.135 @EduardHabsburg - you might enjoy this one 😉

https://t.co/0LfYeYipYY