Quartet player retires after 50 years, unable to say goodbye
mainViolist Julia Adams decided to call time this season on the Portland String Quartet after 50 years, hoping to take her final bow in a round of farewell recitals.
But Covid has put paid to that and Julia has to go unbowed.
A sad tale of our times here.
Fondly remembered for their recordings of the Walter Piston quartets.
Thank you Russell. They remain important literature which I hope others will champion as well. – Full of life, intelligence and good old-fashioned Maine humor!
A thousand thanks to this wonderful, caring teacher and brilliant musician! She has used her talent and energy to change lives wherever she’s been. I wish her a long and healthy retirement.
Thank you so much!
Congratulations on a long and fruitful career. This pandemic is putting a lot of us in the position of asking ourselves if we’re already retired but just don’t realize it yet.
I hope not, but the virus has made it easier for me to not have a final concert.
Dear Julia—-Happy memories of our concerts together.
From Nick Rosen
Thanks Nick. The feeling is mutual.
As W. E. Henleycould have written if he were musical: “My bow is rosined but unbowed.” Happy, busy retirement, Julia! What a great un you’ve had. Is it a record?,