Are we in a golden era of the string quartet concert? I can’t speak for nationwide but the Brighton Coffee Concerts sound and taste even better than they smell at 11 o’clock in the morning. It’s not just the ever soaring quality of the younger quartets’ playing. It’s what they choose to programme, then deliver.
Mind you, this audience Continue reading Coffee Concert 27th January 2019 – Doric Quartet – Other reviews
Welcome to our thirty fourth newsletter – designed to keep you informed about our activities, as well as other local chamber music events.
2018/19 COFFEE CONCERT SEASON RESTARTS
The recital of three of the Bach Cello Suites by Philip Higham on 9 December was, for many of us, Continue reading Newsletter #34 January 2019
The eighth Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 28 February 2019 at 12 noon at 9 Powis Square, Brighton BN1 3HH.
Josef Haydn (1732-1809) String Quartet in Bb Op 33 no 4 (1781)
Allegro moderato
Scherzo: Allegretto
Largo
Finale: Presto
Famous string quartets have a problem in daring to perform Continue reading 27th January 2019 – Doric String Quartet – Programme notes by Chris Darwin
Performing the Bach Cello Suites is one of the most demanding things a cellist can do. The single stool on an otherwise empty stage looks more like the executioner’s block Continue reading Coffee Concert 9th December 2018 – Philip Higham – Strings Attached Review by Andrew Polmear
The curtains are open and the stage, lit and ready, containing just a solitary black piano stool. An oddity in any other situation. Apiece of furniture left behind? Forlorn-looking? Or dignified? Is a piano about to join it?
Or have we come on the wrong day? Not a concert at all but Continue reading Coffee Concert 9th December 2018 – Philip Higham – Other reviews
