Wedding at Newland Hall
This Saturday we returned once again to Newland Hall to provide a string duo for a wedding service and reception. We entertained guests for an hour before the ceremony with a selection of classical pieces such as Greensleeves, an arrangement for duo of La Donna E Mobile and some lovely chamber duets by Pleyel, Mozart [...]
Concert at St Michael at the North Gate - 20th July 09.
On Monday we returned to the church of St Michael at the North Gate in Oxford to give a lunchtime recital as part of their ‘Music on Mondays’ concert series.
The concerts are an opportunity for ensembles and musicians to perform works of their own choice, so we chose to give the first airing to the [...]
Borodin - Nocturne from String Quartet no. 2 in D
Performed at the Church of St Michael at the North Gate, Cornmarket, Oxford - Lunchtime, 20th July 2009
Gluck: Dance of the Blessed Spirits (arr. for String Quartet by Vaughan Jones)
Filmed in St Giles Church, Cheddington, Buckinghamshire.
Classical Concert at the Swiss Gardens
Last night we were very privileged to return to give another open air concert in the Swiss Gardens in Bedfordshire. Although we play for quite a few weddings in the Swiss Gardens, we particularly look forward to giving these evening recitals as the audiences are always really lovely and it’s wonderful to be playing in such beautiful [...]
Violent and Tormented!
Sunday was a busy day with a trip to MBJ studios in the morning to record some more samples for the string quartet playlist page. We opted to record some real wedding favourites such as Pachelbels Canon, the Bridal Chorus, Bridal March and a hymn! As usual, we kept studio time to a minimum and recorded [...]
Concert at St Giles Church, 15th May 2009
Despite forecasts of rain, the weather was absolutely beautiful on the Friday evening of our village church concert and brought the audience out en masse. I think that it’s not a bad way to end the working week - coming along to a country church and enjoying a glass of wine whilst hearing some classical music.
Everyone [...]
Concert at St Giles Church - Preparation!
Although the quartet are very accustomed to travelling long distances to play, this week, it’s particularly nice to be playing a concert about a five minute walk from my house. We’re going to be performing a concert tomorrow evening in St Giles Church in our home village of Cheddington - and have been working hard [...]
Fiorillo Duet in C for Violin and Cello (Allegro Spiritoso)
Spohr, Gade and a huge Viola Cadenza!
Today we managed to play through seven complete works - two for string quartet, then as Louise (violinist) had to leave early, we tried out a further five for string trio.
Firstly, it was a special moment to finally play the Spohr Quartet in G (Op. 82 no. 2) - having spent so many hours re-setting the score [...]