Coffee Concerts

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