Weekly quartet. Just a music lover perspective.

Could you put me on the list, too? I'd like to participate (hopefully, I'll have the time). You seem to be following my suggestion on Selby's piano sonata thread, that each person on the list gets their turn to pick a different string quartet each week. I like that format, and have found from past experience that it works well--so long as people stay aware of when it's their turn to pick. (A weekly reminder isn't a bad idea-- "so & so, you're up next week...") It also helps to keep an ongoing list of people's choices that is updated & posted weekly, not only to serve as reference for the group, but also to help people see when their turn is coming back up again.

I should add that, in my opinion, we shouldn't have to justify our choices or make sure that they're accepted by the whole group beforehand, but rather feel free to pick whatever SQ interests us. In other words, not everyone is going to like everything that we listen to each week, & that's a good thing! Otherwise, the choices of repertory might become too uniform and familiar, & what's the fun in that? Plus, I expect it will become unnecessarily time consuming (& possibly a drag) for each of us to make sure that our choices are accepted by the whole group every week. We just have to accept that some listeners will inevitably say "I didn't like that SQ", and it shouldn't be taken personally, but is be expected. Of course, at the same time, you have to hope that people will do their best to pick a SQ that strongly interests them, and that they believe will interest others.

Then, once the thread is established, at some point in the future, if the SQ repertory becomes largely exhausted, we could easily switch over to piano trios, or violin sonatas, or quintets, etc.

How does that sound? Though of course it's your thread, you certainly don't have to listen to me.

flamencosketches--If you don't pick Mozart's "Dissonance" Quartet, don't worry, I'm sure I'll choose it at some point, since it's one of my top five favorite SQs. But feel free, it's a great choice.