You will probably already have learned, by email or by text message from Brighton Dome, that the coffee concert on Sunday 22 March has been cancelled. The email gives details of how refunds will be made. Continue reading Newsletter – 16th March 2020
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22nd March 2020 – Aronowitz Ensemble – Programme notes by Chris Darwin
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) String Trio in B flat major, D. 471 (1816)
Allegro
The autumn of 1814 was the start of one of the most extraordinary burgeonings of creativity music has ever seen. Over 15 months, the teenage Schubert not only produced around 150 songs (including Gretchen am Spinnrade and Erlkönig), but also Continue reading 22nd March 2020 – Aronowitz Ensemble – Programme notes by Chris Darwin
Coffee Concert 23rd February 2020 – Castalian Quartet – Strings Attached Review by Andrew Polmear
I’ve been reviewing concerts by the Castalian Quartet since 2012, and at least annually since 2017. Each time I write how much I like their playing and each time I say how Continue reading Coffee Concert 23rd February 2020 – Castalian Quartet – Strings Attached Review by Andrew Polmear
Newsletter #44 – February 2020
Welcome to our forty fourth newsletter – designed to keep you informed about our activities, as well as other chamber music events.
2019/20 COFFEE CONCERT SEASON CONTINUES
The fourth concert of the series was given on 26 January by the Heath Quartet. A review can be found on https://www.stringsattachedmusic.org.uk under ‘Reviews’. It was a massive programme. Continue reading Newsletter #44 – February 2020
Minutes of AGM on 13 February 2020
STRINGS ATTACHED
Minutes of the 9th Annual General Meeting held on 13 February 2020 at 1200 at 9 Powis Square, Brighton. 
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23rd February 2020 – Castalian Quartet – Programme notes by Chris Darwin
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) String Quartet in F Op 41 No 2 (1842)
- Allegro vivace
- Andante quasi variazioni
- Scherzo. Presto – Trio. L’istesso tempo
- Allegro molto vivace
Coming after his ‘Liederjahre’ of 1840 and the subsequent ‘Symphonic Year’ of 1841, 1842 was Schumann’s ‘Chamber Music Year’: three string quartets, a piano quartet and the particularly successful piano quintet. Such creativity may have been due to Schumann at last winning, in July 1840, the protracted legal case in which his ex-teacher Friedrich Wieck, attempted to forbid him from marrying Wieck’s daughter Clara. They were married on 12 September 1840, the day before Clara’s 21st birthday.. Continue reading 23rd February 2020 – Castalian Quartet – Programme notes by Chris Darwin