Archive for March, 2011
Recordings start next week……
After three months of fairly continuous arranging work, we’re virtually there with the carols for the second volume to be released in time for Christmas 2011. With the daffodils out and the beautiful spring sunshine, it seems strange to be recording pieces like ‘See Amidst the Winter’s Snow’, but with all the production, design, replication [...]
Title for the second Christmas disc…..
Well despite the fact that Spring is well and truly in the air, we are hard at work preparing for a second volume of Christmas carols for string quartet. This second album will be a further volume as a follow up to ‘I Saw Three Ships and other carols’ which we released last year.
When the [...]
Wedding at Buxted Park, East Sussex
Last week, the string quartet played for a wedding at Buxted Park Hotel in East Sussex. We started off playing as guests were arriving and had a captive audience who seemed to very much appreciate the music prior to the bride’s entrance. As the couple getting married had hand picked their favourite pieces of music [...]
Wedding at Nonsuch Mansion, Nonsuch Park
On Friday, myself and Adrian on viola performed as a string duo at a wedding in the delightful setting of Nonsuch Mansion House, set in the grounds of Nonsuch Park in the borough of Cheam, Surrey. The venue is a historic house retaining many period features and consisting of three spacious rooms adjoining one another. [...]
Wedding at Friern Manor Country House
Yesterday, Emma (cellist) and myself played as a string duo for a wedding held at Friern Manor Country House in Essex. We started playing as guests assembled for the ceremony at the front of the building. The corner of the room held a piano and we positioned ourselves in front of this, in an open [...]
Corporate Dinner - University of Warwick
On Tuesday evening, the quartet were engaged to play for a conference dinner at Scarman House which is part of the University of Warwick. The first hour of the evening involved playing on a raised area whilst the delegates enjoyed pre-dinner conversation and drinks. The selection of music we played was varied with many different [...]
