'Listening To Quartetto

"Listening to Quartetto Gelato's repertoire is a lot like channel-surfing through two centuries of classical and popular music," says the Canadian newsweekly Maclean's. The quirky quartet—which includes musicians on oboe, cello, violin, mandolin, viola, guitar, and accordion—joins Martin in Studio 4A for a lively conversation and performance. We'll hear the group play four selections taken mostly from its just-released debut CD: "Chitarra Romana," Variations on Donizetti's "La Favorita," by Antonio Pasculli, the Finale of Mozart's Oboe Quartet in F, K. 370, and even "O Sole Mio." (!) ("Quartetto Gelato" Marquis Classics ERAD 600, distributed by Allegro Corp.)