Curriculum Vitae - Zemlinsky Quartet
... During its early years while studying in the Prague Conservatory and the Academy of Performing Arts Prague, the ensemble was coached by members of renowned Czech string quartets including the Talich, Prague, Kocian and Pražák Quartet. The ensemble also took part in several master classes (ProQuartet ...
... During its early years while studying in the Prague Conservatory and the Academy of Performing Arts Prague, the ensemble was coached by members of renowned Czech string quartets including the Talich, Prague, Kocian and Pražák Quartet. The ensemble also took part in several master classes (ProQuartet ...
ADAMS - Complete String Quartets
... That is it: three works. A fourth work for quartet Adams considers a failure, though it was eventually reworked into one of his first big successes, Shaker Loops. The third work on this program, Fellow Traveler, has not been published and is receiving its premiere recording here. John’s Book of Alle ...
... That is it: three works. A fourth work for quartet Adams considers a failure, though it was eventually reworked into one of his first big successes, Shaker Loops. The third work on this program, Fellow Traveler, has not been published and is receiving its premiere recording here. John’s Book of Alle ...
Brahms, Johannes - Department of Physics | Oregon State
... Brahms was born in Germany in 1833 and was a composer and pianist. He composed for symphonies, chambers, piano, organ, and voice. Brahms was considered a perfectionist, therefore he destroyed much of his work and a lot of was never published. Brahms had two siblings, a sister and a brother. His brot ...
... Brahms was born in Germany in 1833 and was a composer and pianist. He composed for symphonies, chambers, piano, organ, and voice. Brahms was considered a perfectionist, therefore he destroyed much of his work and a lot of was never published. Brahms had two siblings, a sister and a brother. His brot ...
Curriculum Vitae - Zemlinsky Quartet
... Since 2007, the Zemlinsky Quartet has recorded exclusively for the French record label Praga Digitals. Their first 4-CD set of Dvořák’s early works for string quartet received the coveted French award, “Diapason d´Or“ prize in March 2007. In 2014, the Zemlinsky Quartet became only the fourth quartet ...
... Since 2007, the Zemlinsky Quartet has recorded exclusively for the French record label Praga Digitals. Their first 4-CD set of Dvořák’s early works for string quartet received the coveted French award, “Diapason d´Or“ prize in March 2007. In 2014, the Zemlinsky Quartet became only the fourth quartet ...
TAKÁCS QUARTET October 5, 2012 HAYDN String Quartet in D
... The Opus 76 quartets–sometimes nicknamed the “Erdödy Quartets” after the man who commissioned them, Count Joseph Erdödy–include some of Haydn’s most famous, among them those nicknamed “Emperor,” “Sunrise,” and “Fifths.” While the fifth of the cycle, in D major, lacks a nickname, it shows some unusua ...
... The Opus 76 quartets–sometimes nicknamed the “Erdödy Quartets” after the man who commissioned them, Count Joseph Erdödy–include some of Haydn’s most famous, among them those nicknamed “Emperor,” “Sunrise,” and “Fifths.” While the fifth of the cycle, in D major, lacks a nickname, it shows some unusua ...
WORLD OF THE STRING QUARTET Glossary
... Half-step – a semitone~ G. F. Handel (1685-1759) – English composer of German birth who lived during the Baroque era. Though consistently acknowledged as one of the greatest composers of his age, George Frideric Handel’s reputation from his death to the early 20th century rested largely on the knowl ...
... Half-step – a semitone~ G. F. Handel (1685-1759) – English composer of German birth who lived during the Baroque era. Though consistently acknowledged as one of the greatest composers of his age, George Frideric Handel’s reputation from his death to the early 20th century rested largely on the knowl ...
Slide 1
... Sympathetic Vibrations • Pythagoras discovered that if one string vibrates with twice the frequency of an identical string, we hear the higher frequency as one octave higher in pitch than the lower frequency • The vibrating systems on most musical instruments are made up of two or more vibrating sy ...
... Sympathetic Vibrations • Pythagoras discovered that if one string vibrates with twice the frequency of an identical string, we hear the higher frequency as one octave higher in pitch than the lower frequency • The vibrating systems on most musical instruments are made up of two or more vibrating sy ...
Chapter 70. Musical Theater in Germany in the 1920s: Berg
... and composition 1929 moves to New York, studies with Charles Seeger 1930 awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the first female composer to be so honored 1932 marries Charles Seeger 1936 the Seegers move to Washington, DC; work in the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress 1953 dies in ...
... and composition 1929 moves to New York, studies with Charles Seeger 1930 awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the first female composer to be so honored 1932 marries Charles Seeger 1936 the Seegers move to Washington, DC; work in the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress 1953 dies in ...
Program Notes Tesla Quartet Salon Concert, Feb 16, 2013
... musical career and follow instead in his father’s footsteps as a schoolteacher, a job he started in 1814 when he was only seventeen. But Schubert never gave up on music; he continued composing in his spare time and spent his evenings playing concerts in the homes of his many friends and patrons. Eve ...
... musical career and follow instead in his father’s footsteps as a schoolteacher, a job he started in 1814 when he was only seventeen. But Schubert never gave up on music; he continued composing in his spare time and spent his evenings playing concerts in the homes of his many friends and patrons. Eve ...
The Arditti Quartet The Arditti Quartet
... Over the past 30 years, the ensemble has received many prizes for its work. They have won the Deutsche Schallplatten Preis several times and the Gramophone Award for the best recording of contemporary music in 1999 (Elliott Carter) and 2002 (Harrison Birtwistle). The prestigious Ernst von Siemens Mu ...
... Over the past 30 years, the ensemble has received many prizes for its work. They have won the Deutsche Schallplatten Preis several times and the Gramophone Award for the best recording of contemporary music in 1999 (Elliott Carter) and 2002 (Harrison Birtwistle). The prestigious Ernst von Siemens Mu ...
Mendelssohn, Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 58
... The second movement is a study in contrasting characters. The opening theme is a funeral march in a minor key, after which the sweeter second theme comes as something of a release before reverting to the march. The Agitato section — again, concerto-like — flows back into the second theme, and the mo ...
... The second movement is a study in contrasting characters. The opening theme is a funeral march in a minor key, after which the sweeter second theme comes as something of a release before reverting to the march. The Agitato section — again, concerto-like — flows back into the second theme, and the mo ...
October 1, 2010 - ALIAS Chamber Ensemble
... gets elongated with more chords. A hocket begins using motives from the antecedent music. The quick back and forth antagonists are interrupted with slow, soothing music which hints at what is to come in “CALM”. The instruments then burst with the arpeggio figure in extreme ranges leading to aggressi ...
... gets elongated with more chords. A hocket begins using motives from the antecedent music. The quick back and forth antagonists are interrupted with slow, soothing music which hints at what is to come in “CALM”. The instruments then burst with the arpeggio figure in extreme ranges leading to aggressi ...
ELEMENTS QUARTET BIOGRAPHY
... to contemporary audiences of all ages. Founded in the summer of 1999, the ensemble has already won acclaim for its passionate performances and dynamic programs. The quartet's repertoire ranges from popular masterpieces to neglected treasures, and from Baroque classics to newly commissioned works by ...
... to contemporary audiences of all ages. Founded in the summer of 1999, the ensemble has already won acclaim for its passionate performances and dynamic programs. The quartet's repertoire ranges from popular masterpieces to neglected treasures, and from Baroque classics to newly commissioned works by ...
ESQ Program Template - Huntsville Chamber Music Guild
... followed by three more utterances-second violin, cello, and viola-each with its own scoring and separated by what could be considered mini-developments of the theme. Some powerful unison passages act as a transition to the development section, which is mostly on the first theme, since the second the ...
... followed by three more utterances-second violin, cello, and viola-each with its own scoring and separated by what could be considered mini-developments of the theme. Some powerful unison passages act as a transition to the development section, which is mostly on the first theme, since the second the ...
new • nouveaute • neuheit - MDG-Musikproduktion Dabringhaus
... ancestry – which made life difficult and unsettled during what were revolutionary times. Born in the Auvergne in 1784, he had to flee with his parents to Hamburg. He later studied in London and Vienna and then returned to Paris in the early nineteenth century as an avid pianist and young chamber com ...
... ancestry – which made life difficult and unsettled during what were revolutionary times. Born in the Auvergne in 1784, he had to flee with his parents to Hamburg. He later studied in London and Vienna and then returned to Paris in the early nineteenth century as an avid pianist and young chamber com ...
Program Notes – Tesla Quartet Sunday Concert, Feb 17, 2013
... had mixed feelings about Wagner. On the one hand, he publically called Wagner’s distinct musical style “a beautiful sunset mistaken for a dawn.” Yet he grudgingly admired Wagner’s music and coveted the liberating potential of Wagnerism, with its forsaking of the rules of tonal music in favor of free ...
... had mixed feelings about Wagner. On the one hand, he publically called Wagner’s distinct musical style “a beautiful sunset mistaken for a dawn.” Yet he grudgingly admired Wagner’s music and coveted the liberating potential of Wagnerism, with its forsaking of the rules of tonal music in favor of free ...
program note Artemis - University of Chicago Presents
... Count Andreas Kyrillovich Razumovsky, the Russian ambassador to Vienna, was an amateur violinist and a string quartet enthusiast who had studied with Haydn. When he commissioned a set of three string quartets from Beethoven in 1805, he could not possibly have known what he would receive in return. B ...
... Count Andreas Kyrillovich Razumovsky, the Russian ambassador to Vienna, was an amateur violinist and a string quartet enthusiast who had studied with Haydn. When he commissioned a set of three string quartets from Beethoven in 1805, he could not possibly have known what he would receive in return. B ...
Maggini Quartet 6th November 2015
... months on end in a remote palace in the Hungarian countryside; though you wouldn’t know this from Haydn’s sharp, bright writing, to which the Maggini brought wit and precision, allowing each instrument a chance to shine. An ideal concert opener. Then came the challenge of the evening, Malcolm Arnold ...
... months on end in a remote palace in the Hungarian countryside; though you wouldn’t know this from Haydn’s sharp, bright writing, to which the Maggini brought wit and precision, allowing each instrument a chance to shine. An ideal concert opener. Then came the challenge of the evening, Malcolm Arnold ...
Programme - Nicholas Ashton, pianist
... Beethoven composed the three trios which comprise his op 1 in 1793 and dedicated them the the Count Carl von Lichnowsky, who was a major supporter and patron. The works were premiered at a private concert, hosted by the Count, in Vienna late in the year. Josef Haydn was in the audience for this; he ...
... Beethoven composed the three trios which comprise his op 1 in 1793 and dedicated them the the Count Carl von Lichnowsky, who was a major supporter and patron. The works were premiered at a private concert, hosted by the Count, in Vienna late in the year. Josef Haydn was in the audience for this; he ...
concerto del 25 luglio
... NOTES IN ENGLISH CARBONARE Mozart’s Quartet in F major, written in June 1790 and with no dedication, begins with an Allegro moderato in which the main theme carries within it the tension which will then be balanced out, though only in part, in the second more alluring theme. Both this first movement ...
... NOTES IN ENGLISH CARBONARE Mozart’s Quartet in F major, written in June 1790 and with no dedication, begins with an Allegro moderato in which the main theme carries within it the tension which will then be balanced out, though only in part, in the second more alluring theme. Both this first movement ...
Based in New York City since 2007, the Enso String Quartet was
... the previous year). After a rich interplay of themes and moods the greatest climax is reached towards the end, where a short crescendo leads to a sudden outburst of grandiose energy an discordant harmonies, gradually clearing to a reassuring apotheosis of the more melodic parts of the first subject ...
... the previous year). After a rich interplay of themes and moods the greatest climax is reached towards the end, where a short crescendo leads to a sudden outburst of grandiose energy an discordant harmonies, gradually clearing to a reassuring apotheosis of the more melodic parts of the first subject ...
October, 2010 - Subito Music Corporation
... expression -- features a traditionally structured opening movement, a song-like middle movement, and rollicking jig finale. ...
... expression -- features a traditionally structured opening movement, a song-like middle movement, and rollicking jig finale. ...
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... In the original version of the quartet, as performed here, the contentious final fugue came next. When Beethoven received word that the Viennese audience had not appreciated this finale at the quartet’s premiere in 1826, his response—very much in character for him—was to call them “cattle” and “ass ...
... In the original version of the quartet, as performed here, the contentious final fugue came next. When Beethoven received word that the Viennese audience had not appreciated this finale at the quartet’s premiere in 1826, his response—very much in character for him—was to call them “cattle” and “ass ...
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or any small chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers, with one performer to a part. However, by definition it usually does not include solo instrument performances.Because of its intimate nature, chamber music has been described as ""the music of friends"". For more than 100 years, chamber music was played primarily by amateur musicians in their homes, and even today, when most chamber music performance has migrated from the home to the concert hall, many musicians, amateur and professional, still play chamber music for their own pleasure. Playing chamber music requires special skills, both musical and social, that differ from the skills required for playing solo or symphonic works.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe described chamber music (specifically, string quartet music) as ""four rational people conversing"". This conversational paradigm has been a thread woven through the history of chamber music composition from the end of the 18th century to the present. The analogy to conversation recurs in descriptions and analyses of chamber music compositions.