Summer is A’Coming In – Ivinghoe Church
On Saturday 26th May we performed a string quartet concert entitled ‘Summer Is A’ Coming In’ (after the title of the well known English traditional song). We had promoted the concert by leafleting around about 200 houses in the nearby vicinity. The concert also had prominent adverts in two village newsletters, as well as appearing [...]
Concerts in Fakenham and Norwich
Just over a week ago, the quartet went on a mini ‘tour’ with four concerts in three days, including two on the same day in Norfolk (you can read about the other two in Cheddington and Cuddington in separate blogs). One (a matinee) was in Fakenham Methodist Church and the other was for the Norfolk and Norwich [...]
I Saw Three Ships – Concert at Cuddington.
Last night we returned to play once again at St Nicholas Church in Cuddington – a village near the border between Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. Having given a concert back in September in this Church, we were especially keen to return to such an enthusiastic, delightful audience. It was a beautiful, clear and frosty night with [...]
O Tannenbaum (O Fir Tree).
‘O Tannenbaum’ is a beautiful Christmas carol from Germany and although it is often translated as ‘O Christmas Tree’ a more accurate definition would be ‘O Fir Tree’. This evergreen tree has inspired many songs in Germany and it seems that this particular version was written in 1824 by Ernst Anschutz, an organist, composer and teacher [...]
Concert at St Mary’s Church, Eaton Bray
Last Saturday, we were really delighted to return to the beautiful rural church of St Mary’s in Eaton Bray – a village about 7 miles away from home. The quartet had played there last year, giving a recital of music from various countries on a theme of ‘Travellers Tales’. This time, the concert was on [...]
Concert in Cuddington Church – an A-Z of Music
Next Friday the 16th we will be performing for the first time in St Nicholas Church in Cuddington. Like our concert at Cheddington in May, the theme will be ‘an A-Z of Music’, with each letter of the alphabet represented by a piece of music. The concert wil start at 7.30pm, with doors opening at [...]
Music for a Summer’s Evening – Concert at Eaton Bray
On the 10th September, the quartet will be giving our second concert in the lovely village church of St Mary the Virgin in Eaton Bray (a village between Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable). The concert will aim to raise funds for the upkeep of the church and if it goes as well as last time, ought [...]
An Alphabet of Music for String Quartet, Friday the 13th May, Cheddington
This Friday, our string quartet is very much looking forward to playing again in our local village church, St Giles in Cheddington. The church are splitting the profits from the concert between the ‘Cherish Your Church’ campaign and the St Giles Church Bell Restoration Appeal. As usual, we will be presenting a programme of light [...]
New Years Day Viennese Gala Concert – Ivinghoe Church
On Saturday the 1st of January, we gave our first string quartet concert in St Mary’s Church, Ivinghoe – and appropriately for New Year’s Day, it was a recital of uplifting Viennese dance music. As this was the first time we’d played in Ivinghoe, even though it’s only 2 miles away from Cheddington we weren’t [...]
String Quartet Concert in St Giles Church, Cheddington
Today we’re rehearsing for this evening’s string quartet concert in St Giles Church, Cheddington – our home village. The evening will feature lots of carols and Christmas music and we’re expecting a very full church as the concerts are always very popular. As the quartet are playing the same concert for a recital series in [...]
