Archive for January, 2011
Wedding at the Tudor Barn, Burnham
Yesterday, the quartet had the pleasure of returning to the Tudor Barn in Burnham on the borders of Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. The barn has two main rooms - a smaller one on the left hand side which is used for the ceremonies and a larger one which is perfect for the drinks receptions and wedding [...]
Grains Album Launch Night
On the 31st January, the quartet are going to be taking part in a performance to help launch the new album ‘Grains’ by Contemporary composer Jim Perkins. Jim works within the alternative classical genre and has written works involving electronically generated sounds, piano and strings. Details of the event can be found here on the [...]
Loulie, Muller, Tasistro, Kalliwoda and Pichl
Yesterday, Adrian Smith (viola) and I had a get together and played through some rare and unloved pieces of music for violin and viola duo which had been languishing in my filing cabinet (and before then on the Petrucci music library site).
We began by sight reading through a duo by a composer called J.A Muller. [...]
New Years Day Viennese Gala Concert - Ivinghoe Church
On Saturday the 1st of January, we gave our first concert in St Mary’s Church, Ivinghoe - and appropriately for New Years Day, it was a recital of uplifting Viennese dance music. As this was the first time we’d played in Ivinghoe, even though it’s only 2 miles away from Cheddington we weren’t expecting a [...]
