Exploring works for String Trio
With Louise away on a much deserved holiday to India, it was the perfect opportunity to hold another informal get together to explore some lesser known chamber works - but this time concentrating on pieces written for string trio. Apart from some well loved works by Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven and Boccherini, the string trio repertoire is [...]
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 [...]
Spohr Quartet Opus 82. no. 2 - score finished!
Well after about 40 hours of painstaking work, I’ve finally finished re-setting the illegible but under-rated quartet by Spohr (Op. 82. no. 2) using Sibelius software.
The only previously available edition by Schlesinger has been out of print for a long time - and it contained lots of errors, wrong notes and mistakes in phrasing - some [...]
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 [...]
Spohr String Quartet in G (Op. 82 no. 2)
Occasionally, you take on a task which at first seems relatively straightforward, but unfolds to become quite an endurance test…..
In our exploration of Spohr’s string quartets we have discovered some real gems. I’d put them in a bracket of well deserving but neglected works that really reward both listeners and players - they are creatively written, [...]
