Heath Quartet 27th March 2016 – Review by Andrew Polmear

I was gently looking forward to this concert. I know the works, especially the Ravel Quartet, and there was nothing in the programme as challenging as the Britten Quartet from the last concert. And I really like the Heath Quartet: Continue reading Heath Quartet 27th March 2016 – Review by Andrew Polmear

Elias String Quartet 21st February 2016 – Review by Richard Amey, Worthing Herald

Haydn Opus 54 No 2 in C, Britten No 1 in D major Op 25, Mendelssohn No 2 in A minor Op 13.

Raising the roof’s a lot easier. In a conversation with me only a week before this concert, after playing Walton’s Concerto with Worthing Symphony Orchestra, rising German cellist Leonard Elschenbroich commented: “I love it when composers have the guts to end a concerto quietly.”

Ending in a flourish can boost the ‘clapometer’ Continue reading Elias String Quartet 21st February 2016 – Review by Richard Amey, Worthing Herald