Takács Quartet - The Friends of Chamber Music
... played crucial roles in Beethoven's monumental contribution to the string quartet literature. The first was the Bohemian Prince Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz. In the late 1790s, he encouraged Beethoven to produce the six quartets which comprise Op. 18. The Lobkowitz family had a long history of ...
... played crucial roles in Beethoven's monumental contribution to the string quartet literature. The first was the Bohemian Prince Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz. In the late 1790s, he encouraged Beethoven to produce the six quartets which comprise Op. 18. The Lobkowitz family had a long history of ...
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... (some would say) his greatest contributions to those genres were yet to come. This year was to witness a major shift in Haydn’s life and career, as his patron, Count Nicholas, died and his successor released the composer from his contract. Simultaneously the great impresario Salomon made his appeara ...
... (some would say) his greatest contributions to those genres were yet to come. This year was to witness a major shift in Haydn’s life and career, as his patron, Count Nicholas, died and his successor released the composer from his contract. Simultaneously the great impresario Salomon made his appeara ...
here - King`s College London
... When we applied to direct this performance, all the way back in October, we didn’t really know what we were letting ourselves in for. Directing a play solely in Latin features challenges above and beyond the normal production, not least the fact that in rehearsal, the question ‘did I get that line r ...
... When we applied to direct this performance, all the way back in October, we didn’t really know what we were letting ourselves in for. Directing a play solely in Latin features challenges above and beyond the normal production, not least the fact that in rehearsal, the question ‘did I get that line r ...
LMM - Artaria String Quartet 2015-16 Program III Its Revolutionary
... The answer to that question seems obvious in this first Razumovsky Quartet, which marks the start of his socalled Middle Period but in many ways seems more like a culmination than a beginning. Indeed, the first movement is as sure-footed in its lyricism as in the sharp chords that interrupt the love ...
... The answer to that question seems obvious in this first Razumovsky Quartet, which marks the start of his socalled Middle Period but in many ways seems more like a culmination than a beginning. Indeed, the first movement is as sure-footed in its lyricism as in the sharp chords that interrupt the love ...
Beethoven String Quartet Op 18 no 5
... later quartet style also apparent. The A major quartet is something of a homage to Mozart, bearing many similarities with his K.464 ('Drum') quartet in the same key. It had particularly impressed Beethoven, who is reported to have said “That’s a work! That’s where Mozart said to the world: Behold wh ...
... later quartet style also apparent. The A major quartet is something of a homage to Mozart, bearing many similarities with his K.464 ('Drum') quartet in the same key. It had particularly impressed Beethoven, who is reported to have said “That’s a work! That’s where Mozart said to the world: Behold wh ...
Borealis String Quartet - University of Florida Performing Arts
... The quartet opens with three powerful chords, a symbolic summons perhaps for the public concert audiences. The statement of the first theme, a single line of melody, is made by the cello alone, answered by the solo viola. After two further statements by isolated pairs of instruments, there follows a ...
... The quartet opens with three powerful chords, a symbolic summons perhaps for the public concert audiences. The statement of the first theme, a single line of melody, is made by the cello alone, answered by the solo viola. After two further statements by isolated pairs of instruments, there follows a ...
concerto del 25 luglio
... 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 and the Minuetto and final Allegro are dominated by capricious motif contrasts, which in the end constitute the main charac ...
... 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 and the Minuetto and final Allegro are dominated by capricious motif contrasts, which in the end constitute the main charac ...
MAGGINI QUARTET RECOMMENDED EDITIONS FOR STRING
... symmetry of dynamics and articulation, unlike Haydn's delight in the irregular and we feel that most chamber music players that we coach are well able to 'edit' their own performances, much to their musical development and satisfaction. Also, compared with Peters Urtext and Henle, Doblinger seem to ...
... symmetry of dynamics and articulation, unlike Haydn's delight in the irregular and we feel that most chamber music players that we coach are well able to 'edit' their own performances, much to their musical development and satisfaction. Also, compared with Peters Urtext and Henle, Doblinger seem to ...
Introduction to Barbershop Harmony
... The barbershop style of four – part a cappella singing is a uniquely American musical art form. It had its beginnings during the late 1800s, and enjoyed great popularity through Vaudeville and the mid – 1920’s. It originated prior to the advent of radio and television, a time in which people found w ...
... The barbershop style of four – part a cappella singing is a uniquely American musical art form. It had its beginnings during the late 1800s, and enjoyed great popularity through Vaudeville and the mid – 1920’s. It originated prior to the advent of radio and television, a time in which people found w ...
borodin string quartet
... Shostakovich visited Dresden in the summer of 1960 and was deeply moved by the traces of the destruction in World War II. In July that same year he composed his String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Opus 110 within three days. On the original scores there is a hand written a dedication “To the victims of ...
... Shostakovich visited Dresden in the summer of 1960 and was deeply moved by the traces of the destruction in World War II. In July that same year he composed his String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Opus 110 within three days. On the original scores there is a hand written a dedication “To the victims of ...
Program Notes Muir String Quartet Wednesday, February
... portrays the crisis. Perhaps because Janáček did not leave a written program for the Quartet, several writers have attempted to describe it. One compelling explanation was by Max Brod, who wrote that the music “ranges over the whole gamut of the emotions, the ceaseless agitation swelling to a yearn ...
... portrays the crisis. Perhaps because Janáček did not leave a written program for the Quartet, several writers have attempted to describe it. One compelling explanation was by Max Brod, who wrote that the music “ranges over the whole gamut of the emotions, the ceaseless agitation swelling to a yearn ...
Program Notes - Wisconsin Union
... In music, what goes around comes around. Towards the end of 1781, Haydn kick-‐started his own crowdfunding platform. There are to be six “entirely newly produced quartets,” he said in his pitch, ...
... In music, what goes around comes around. Towards the end of 1781, Haydn kick-‐started his own crowdfunding platform. There are to be six “entirely newly produced quartets,” he said in his pitch, ...
Schumann, String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 41, No. 1
... During his most productive periods, Robert Schumann (1810-1856) would concentrate on a single musical medium over an extended time. For example, we are acquainted with his “song year” (1840) and his “symphony year” (1841). During his “chamber music years” (1842-43), Schumann composed several works, ...
... During his most productive periods, Robert Schumann (1810-1856) would concentrate on a single musical medium over an extended time. For example, we are acquainted with his “song year” (1840) and his “symphony year” (1841). During his “chamber music years” (1842-43), Schumann composed several works, ...
TAKÁCS QUARTET October 5, 2012 HAYDN String Quartet in D
... lacks a nickname, it shows some unusual technical features. As might be expected, it also shows the consummate mastery of a composer who had spent a lifetime transforming the string quartet into one of the greatest of all musical forms. Particularly striking is the structure of the first movement. H ...
... lacks a nickname, it shows some unusual technical features. As might be expected, it also shows the consummate mastery of a composer who had spent a lifetime transforming the string quartet into one of the greatest of all musical forms. Particularly striking is the structure of the first movement. H ...
The Ives Quartet - Noe Valley Chamber Music
... continued her studies at the Eastman School of Music, where she formed the Chester String Quartet. The Chester went on to win the Evian, Munich International, Portsmouth (England), and Chicago Discovery competitions and became faculty ensemble-in-residence at Indiana University at South Bend in 1980 ...
... continued her studies at the Eastman School of Music, where she formed the Chester String Quartet. The Chester went on to win the Evian, Munich International, Portsmouth (England), and Chicago Discovery competitions and became faculty ensemble-in-residence at Indiana University at South Bend in 1980 ...
Program Notes – Tesla Quartet Sunday Concert, Feb 17, 2013
... gunned down by an American G.I. during the post-World War II occupation of Austria, Webern amassed a small catalogue of short, sparsely textured works—an oeuvre held up as a model for the future by subsequent composers like Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen. “Bagatelle” is a catch-all term for ...
... gunned down by an American G.I. during the post-World War II occupation of Austria, Webern amassed a small catalogue of short, sparsely textured works—an oeuvre held up as a model for the future by subsequent composers like Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen. “Bagatelle” is a catch-all term for ...
Artaria String Quartet 2015-16 Program IV Conscientious Objections
... the attention demanded of the audience—as exemplified in the String Quartet No. 2 of 1945. In an attempt to tap the inspiration for this masterpiece, we can look to Britten’s 1945 tour of Germany where he and Yehudi Menuhin performed for concentration camp survivors. The String Quartet No. 2 followe ...
... the attention demanded of the audience—as exemplified in the String Quartet No. 2 of 1945. In an attempt to tap the inspiration for this masterpiece, we can look to Britten’s 1945 tour of Germany where he and Yehudi Menuhin performed for concentration camp survivors. The String Quartet No. 2 followe ...
OM Blitzstein PR w images
... Leo Ornstein, and many others. Most of Cahill’s albums are on the New Albion label. She has also recorded for the Tzadik, CRI, New World, Albany, Cold Blue, and Artifact labels. She is currently preparing recordings of music by Leo Ornstein and Mamoru Fujieda. Her radio program Then & Now can be hea ...
... Leo Ornstein, and many others. Most of Cahill’s albums are on the New Albion label. She has also recorded for the Tzadik, CRI, New World, Albany, Cold Blue, and Artifact labels. She is currently preparing recordings of music by Leo Ornstein and Mamoru Fujieda. Her radio program Then & Now can be hea ...
1 To relate any of the composers to American and world history
... Strings” as the second movement of his First String Quartet, Op. 11 in 1936. Two years later, at the request of the legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini, Barber rewrote the work for string orchestra. The premiere of this version was broadcast from New York on November 5, 1938 to millions of listener ...
... Strings” as the second movement of his First String Quartet, Op. 11 in 1936. Two years later, at the request of the legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini, Barber rewrote the work for string orchestra. The premiere of this version was broadcast from New York on November 5, 1938 to millions of listener ...
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
... personal idiom can be heard quite clearly as the quartet proceeds. At the outset, the harmonic idiom is densely chromatic, much after the manner of Schoenberg and other Viennese composers. The mood is emotionally dark. Bartók was profoundly depressed over the rejection of his love for a young violin ...
... personal idiom can be heard quite clearly as the quartet proceeds. At the outset, the harmonic idiom is densely chromatic, much after the manner of Schoenberg and other Viennese composers. The mood is emotionally dark. Bartók was profoundly depressed over the rejection of his love for a young violin ...
Cremona-Sunday-Progr..
... Another composer known predominantly for his contributions to opera, Giacomo Puccini was born into a Tuscan family of church musicians. It was expected that young Giacomo would succeed his father, Michele Puccini, as maestro di cappella at the San Martino cathedral in the small town of Lucca—a posit ...
... Another composer known predominantly for his contributions to opera, Giacomo Puccini was born into a Tuscan family of church musicians. It was expected that young Giacomo would succeed his father, Michele Puccini, as maestro di cappella at the San Martino cathedral in the small town of Lucca—a posit ...
Read More - Attacca Quartet
... (violin), once she started with the melody, never stopped, until halfway through the piece when she passed the frantic melody onto Fleming (viola). All the while, Tokunaga (violin) and Yee (cello) sat there plucking away at their instruments, mimicking the water droplet sounds coming from the record ...
... (violin), once she started with the melody, never stopped, until halfway through the piece when she passed the frantic melody onto Fleming (viola). All the while, Tokunaga (violin) and Yee (cello) sat there plucking away at their instruments, mimicking the water droplet sounds coming from the record ...
Based in New York City since 2007, the Enso String Quartet was
... contrast between his striking head and his tiny body. He liked loud ties and frilly shirts…’. As a result of all this activity, he was not entirely without friends when he failed to win the Prix de Rome, the principal composition prize in France, for a record fifth time. It became a huge public scan ...
... contrast between his striking head and his tiny body. He liked loud ties and frilly shirts…’. As a result of all this activity, he was not entirely without friends when he failed to win the Prix de Rome, the principal composition prize in France, for a record fifth time. It became a huge public scan ...
www.allmusic.com August 10, 2009 Review
... (1952), receiving its second recording here in only about fifty or so years, the last one being made by the Juilliard String Quartet for the long defunct classical division of Epic Records. Among record labels that handle contemporary music, there is often a kind of "wait your turn so everyone gets ...
... (1952), receiving its second recording here in only about fifty or so years, the last one being made by the Juilliard String Quartet for the long defunct classical division of Epic Records. Among record labels that handle contemporary music, there is often a kind of "wait your turn so everyone gets ...
Program Notes – Quartetto di Cremona Salon Concert, Mar 16, 2013
... modulations. This sumptuousness is contrasted by a more angular second theme, which goes on to feature some Debussyesque whole-tone scales. The second movement is a set of variations on a simple andante theme of Respighi’s own invention, stated at the outset and subject to several brief but wide-ran ...
... modulations. This sumptuousness is contrasted by a more angular second theme, which goes on to feature some Debussyesque whole-tone scales. The second movement is a set of variations on a simple andante theme of Respighi’s own invention, stated at the outset and subject to several brief but wide-ran ...
Sweet Adelines International competition
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The Sweet Adelines International Competitions are the annual global championships for women's barbershop harmony a cappella singing – in quartets and choruses – for members of Sweet Adelines International (SAI) and have been held annually between September and November since 1947. They are now the largest women's singing competition in the world with over 8000 participants at the 2014 convention. There are two competitions for choruses (the international championships and the ""Harmony Classic"" for smaller choruses), and two competitions for quartets (the international championships and the ""Rising Star"" for young singers). Currently, the first three of these competitions are held together and form the Sweet Adelines International Convention. Over the course of competition history, the most successful chorus has been Melodeers Chorus from Chicago with seven championship titles, and the most successful quartet singer was Connie Noble who won with four separate quartets. MAXX Factor from Baltimore holds the record for highest quartet score, and Rönninge Show Chorus from Stockholm for highest ever chorus score.