“Saluting his native state of New Mexico, Nicolas Lell Benavides captured the unique character of the roadrunner, the official state bird, in the second movement of his 2019 quartet El Correcaminos. The Calder Quartet gave a disciplined, knowing account well-crafted piece in which the strings relied on extensive pizzicato. Their performance made me wish SummerFest had programmed the entire quartet–maybe next year?”
Ken Herman, San Diego Story