TAKACS QUARTET & JEREMY DENK, piano

The Takacs have been coming to Napa for almost 40 years. While the cellist is the only original member, the quartet has evolved to remain at the unquestioned top of the heap. Pianist Jeremy Denk makes his overdue CMNV debut in the heroic Brahms Quintet - more like a concerto than a chamber piece. Beethoven's very serious, early quartet Op. 18, No. 2 opens the concert, and the Takacs will bring their blazing energy to the wild and weird Janacek Qu...