L to R, violinists Curt Thompson and Jun Iwasaki, cellist Brant Taylor and violist Joan DerHovsepian perform at the Mimir Chamber Music Festival at Texas Christian University's PepsiCo Recital Hall in Fort Worth on July 3, 2024.FORT WORTH — Texas Christian University is a hive of musical activity each summer, with two festivals combining educational and concert activities.
Stephen Rose joined Iwasaki, DerHovsepian and Taylor in a committed, capable performance, although the occasional harmony didn’t lock into perfect tune. The first-movement coda was more aggressive than needed, and elsewhere Taylor, usually the most elegant of cellists, was occasionally too prominent in balances.String Quartet, his chamber music is little known. The G minor Piano Quintet is early, dating from an 1890-91 year of study in Berlin.