Bicentenary of Lloyds of London
On Monday the 16th of May, the quartet were engaged to provide a very special kind of background music for a corporate function at Lloyds of London in Lime Street. The party was to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Lloyds and this specific event was associated with the maritime insurance divsion, with members of staff [...]
From Beer to Bazzini….
On Friday we got together in a sunny conservatory at Louise’s house to play through some more chamber works, with a view to finding pieces for forthcoming recitals and exploring some neglected pieces. I had picked at random a selection of string quartets from the shelves and we decided to spend the morning looking at a well known work [...]
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 [...]
Bruch, Coleridge - Taylor, Spohr, D’Indy
This week we seized another opportunity to get together for a sociable day of chamber music and explore some more pieces. Whereas last week I’d played the first violin parts and Louise had played second violin, we kept it interesting by swapping over today.
Playing second violin in the quartet is a completely different experience as [...]
Schubert, Van Bree and Spain Dunk!
One of the greatest pleasures of being a musician is getting together with colleagues just to play through chamber music for our own enjoyment. Rather than working hard in rehearsals preparing a piece for a concert or recording, we can just sight-read through new repertoire that we’ve never played before, try out lesser known pieces and sometimes [...]
