Classical music spotlight: Brooklyn Rider

Article by: LARRY FUCHSBERG , Special to the Star Tribune
Updated: August 28, 2011 - 12:04 AM

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The string quartet Brooklyn Rider has been called "one of the wonders of contemporary music."

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First Kronos, then Turtle Island, then Ethel. Now it's Brooklyn Rider's turn to "reinvent" the string quartet -- or at least fiddle with the edges. Originally booked by the fiscally challenged Southern Theater, this hot, terminally cool foursome, which has released a two-CD set of Philip Glass music, is taking its all-Glass program down the street to the Cedar; highlights include the Minnesota premiere of a suite drawn from the score for "Bent," a 1997 Holocaust film. (7:30 p.m. Sun. $18-$20. Cedar Cultural Center, 416 Cedar Av. S., Mpls. 612-338-2674 or www.ticketweb.com.) The group also will play a free show for kids at the Stillwater Public Library (6:30 p.m. Tue. 224 N. 3rd St., Stillwater) and a formal concert at the Washington County Historic Courthouse that includes a reinterpretation of Beethoven's String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Opus 131. (8 p.m. Thu. $10-$25. 101 N. Pine St., Stillwater. stillwatermusicfestival.com or 651-583-4703.)