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. Continue reading Newsletter #43    January 2020

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

Coffee Concert 8th December 2019 – Maxwell Quartet – Strings Attached Review by Guy Richardson

The Maxwell Quartet opened their recital with a stunning performance of Haydn’s Quartet  Op 74 No 1 in C. From the start the degree of  interplay between the players was clear and their commitment to the music total. The rhythms were full  of Continue reading Coffee Concert 8th December 2019 – Maxwell Quartet – Strings Attached Review by Guy Richardson

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

 

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

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