Wedding in the Sculpture Gallery at Woburn
Yesterday, we returned once more to another local venue to us - the Sculpture Gallery at Woburn Abbey. It is always a pleasure to play there as the staff are so hospitable and the venue is so suited to a string quartet.
We were asked to provide music for the drinks reception and the bride and [...]
Wedding at Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire
On Saturday, we were booked to play for a wedding held at Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire. Despite being ou the outskirts of Luton, the venue is surrounded by impressive gardens and has a ‘countryside’ feel to it with lake, grounds and mature trees - so it was a perfect setting for the elegance of a [...]
Blessing at Sharnbrook House
Following on from the Masonic Function earlier on Sunday morning, we drove to Sharnbrook in Bedfordshire to play for a Blessing Ceremony by a couple who met and married in Indonesia. It is not uncommon to have two bookings during one day on peak weekend dates over the summer as plenty of people host garden [...]
Wedding at Flitwick Manor
Last week, Nancy (viola) and I played for a wedding at Menzies Flitwick Manor in Bedfordshire. As this venue is quite intimate, a string quartet would have taken up too much space in the wedding ceremony room so we recommended a string duo which the couple were delighted with as it also helped them to [...]
Travellers Tales at St Mary’s
On Saturday evening (after performing at a wedding in Hertfordshire during the afternoon), we gave our first concert in the 13th century Church of St Mary the Virgin, in Eaton Bray - Bedfordshire. The church had previously hosted a jazz event and has a choral concert planned for later in the year, but it was [...]
String Quartet no. 24 by Louis Spohr, Op. 82 no. 2
Last week we finally got round to making a film of one of our favourite string quartets - the first movement (Allegro) of the G major string quartet by Spohr (which I had spent many hours re-setting so that it was legible to read at speed and free from errors).
The film was taken in the [...]