Reviews

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 More

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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

I wasn’t looking forward to this concert with quite my usual enthusiasm. The French horn makes a lovely sound but More

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Beethoven, Horn Sonata in F major Op17, Sonata No 10 for Piano and Violin in G major Op 96; Brahms, Horn Trio in Eb major Op 40.

It’s quite probably the composers who can respond and deal with death as well as with bursting life More

What joy to be back at the Attenborough Centre on a fresh and slightly misty autumn morning for the start of another season of Coffee Concerts. It may only be our temporary base but it is More

It has been 6 years since I last reviewed a coffee concert by the Aquinas Trio. Then I was struck by the expressive delicacy and clarity of their playing. I noted that they play as one, not just with impeccable intonation and perfect ensemble, but in the way they interpret the music: understated but not unfeeling, emotional but not showy. That way of playing More