Coffee Concerts

Newsletter #43    January 2020

Welcome to our forty third newsletter – designed to keep you informed about our activities, as well as other chamber music events.

2019/20 COFFEE CONCERT SEASON CONTINUES

The third concert of the series was given on 8 December by the Maxwell Quartet. Reviews can be found on https://www.stringsattachedmusic.org.uk under ‘Reviews’. Reviewers were hugely impressed.

The next concert will be on 26 January at 11am at the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, University of Sussex, Falmer, given by the Heath Quartet. More

26th January 2020 – Heath Quartet – Programme notes by Chris Darwin

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1826) String Quartet Op.18 No.3 in D (1799)

Allegro
Andante con moto
Allegro – Minore
Presto

Beethoven was in his late 20s and living in Vienna when he wrote his six Op 18 string quartets. Uneducated (“I do everything badly except compose”), rough-mannered, but with an alluringly More

Coffee Concert 8th December 2019 – Maxwell Quartet – Other reviews

Strings Attached welcomes reviews from anyone who has attended this Coffee Concert. If you would like to submit a review please contact the site editor at editor@stringsattachedmusic.org.uk. Opinions expressed on this page are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the committee.

Maxwell Quartet debut at The Dome Coffee Concerts, at The Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (ACCA), Sussex University, Falmer, on Sunday, December 8, 2019 (11am). Colin Scobie, George Smith (violins), Elliott Perks (viola), Duncan Strachan (cello).

Haydn, Quartet in C major Op74 No1 (1793); Scottish Folk music, Maxwell’s own arrangements of song ‘The Boatman’, traditional jig ‘Da Full Rigged Ship’ and reel ‘The New Rigged Ship’;  Joey Roukens (b 1982), Visions at Sea (2011); Schubert, Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’ (1824).

Four beards, four black informal shirts and trousers, four pairs of light tan brogues matching the wood of four stringed More

Newsletter #42 December 2019

Welcome to our forty second newsletter – designed to keep you informed about our activities, as well as other chamber music events.

2019/20 COFFEE CONCERT SEASON CONTINUES

The second concert of the series was given on 17 November by Endymion. More

8th December 2019 – Maxwell Quartet – Programme notes by Chris Darwin

Josef Haydn (1732-1809) String Quartet Op. 74 No.1 in C (1793)
Allegro
Andantino grazioso
Menuet & Trio
Finale: Vivace

Haydn’s six ‘Apponyi’ quartets (Op 71 and 74) were written in 1792 & 1793 between his two extended visits to London. Prince Nicholas Esterházy, Haydn’s patron to whom he was devoted, had More

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