It’s three years since the Heath played at a Coffee Concert. Their essence remains the same but some details have changed: they stand to play, Christopher Murray, the cellist, has Continue reading Coffee Concert 26th January 2020 – Heath Quartet – Strings Attached Review by Andrew Polmear
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Coffee Concert 26th January 2020 – Heath Quartet – Other reviews
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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