Weaving Bartók's musical tapestry with the Takács Quartet
The Takács QuartetIn Hungarian, the word "takács" means "weaver," and I was struck by how appropriate that moniker was for the Takács Quartet during their recent appearance at Celebrity Series, as they essayed half (#1, 3, and 5) of Béla Bartók's six string quartets. For these pieces are themselves highly woven; they're dense with counterpoint, and their themes seem embedded in the complexity of the…