There are so many outstanding events at the Bowdoin International Music Festival — about 80 in July and August — that one has to chose wisely. I lucked out with tonight’s UpBeat! concert at Studzinski Recital Hall.

The Ying Quartet played Bartok’s String Quartet No. 5, a masterpiece that continues the tradition begun by Haydn 200 years earlier. The result was a standing ovation and cheers from a usually reticent audience. The Ying well deserved all five curtain calls.