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Quartet player retires after 50 years, unable to say goodbye

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norman lebrecht

June 19, 2020

Violist 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.

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