Manor House Music String Quartet Weblog

Archive for November 3rd, 2010

Playing at the Belfry, near Sutton Coldfield

Just received this photograph of us playing at the Belfry near Sutton Coldfield, courtesy of the lovely people at Above and Beyond Events who hired us for the occasion. This was a corporate function for a brewery and we provided music for them before dinner.

Silent Night, Holy Night….

This carol originates in early 19th century Austria. Composed by Franz Gruber in 1818 to words written by Father Joseph Mohr two years earlier it is one of the best loved pieces of Christmas music still today.  Silent Night was first sung on Christmas Eve to the accompaniment of a guitar as legend has it [...]