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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
