All Chamber articles – Page 2
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NewsYoung string quartets head to Banff for international competition
Starting next week, the triennial competition has turbocharged the careers of several past winners
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VideoKanneh-Mason Trio performs Deep River
Performed by the Kanneh-Mason Trio, this is an arrangement of the traditional spiritual Deep River. It is based on the 1904 piano arrangement by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. The trio comprises the Kanneh-Mason siblings Sheku (cello), Isata (piano) and Braimah (violin), and this recording is being released by Decca as their first ...
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ReviewPaolo Pandolfo: Regina Bastarda
An attractive programme on instruments that are entirely legitimate
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VideoMagic Flute for string quartet
The Quatuor Zaïde perform a trancription of the Queen of the Night Aria from Mozart’s The Magic Flute. The group has recently released a recording of the a selection of highlights from the opera, as arranged by an anonymous contemporary of the composer. The video was made at the ...
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ReviewTrio Wanderer: Rachmaninoff, Grieg, Suk
Plenty of moody Russian emotion in this impressive programme
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Premium ❘ FeaturePassing the Torch
Expert encouragement in their early years helped turn the Belcea Quartet into one of today’s most formidable chamber ensembles. Twenty-five years after they started out, they talk to Tom Stewart about passing on their experience to the next generation – as well as continuing to gain knowledge themselves
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ReviewÃtma Quartet: Szymanowski, Panufnik, Penderecki
Highly promising debut recording of Polish music measures up well to the big players
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Concert review: Escher Quartet
Leah Hollingsworth reviews what she heard at Alice Tully Hall on 7 May 2019
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Concert review: Quatuor Danel
Dennis Rooney heard the foursome perform at Washington Irving High School on 11 May 2019
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ReviewConcert review: Endellion Quartet
Tim Homfray saw the players perform at Wigmore Hall on 29 May 2019
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ReviewO/Modernt: From the Ground Up/The Chaconne
Readings, rap and remixes – but it’s all about that ground bass
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ReviewQuatuor Zaïde: The Magic Flute arranged for quartet
Fluteless but still magic: Mozart’s opera in string quartet arrangement
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ReviewDiotima Quartet: Bartók complete string quartets
An outstanding new set of Bartók’s complete quartets
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FocusMusical emissaries: The Shanghai Quartet
The players of the pioneering ensemble, which is celebrating its 35th anniversary, speak to Charlotte Smith about forming at a time when Western chamber music was barely understood in their native China
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NewsBanff International String Quartet Competition names 10 competitors
Total prize pool worth $300,000 includes a two-year paid residency for the winning quartet and cash award
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Blogs7 tips on starting a quartet – and keeping it going long-term
The Minguet Quartet began playing together as students in 1988, and the original line-up are still going strong 30 years later. Here’s how they do it.
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VideoQuartet Gerhard: Brahms String Quartet no.2 in A minor
The Quartet Gerhard perform the first movement of Brahms’s String Quartet in A minor no.2. The Barcelona-based group comprises Lluís Castán Cochs, (violin), Judit Bardolet Vilaró (violin), Miquel Jordà Saún (viola) and Jesús Miralles Roger (cello).
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VideoBarber's Adagio in original version from op.11 Quartet
In this video, the Banff Competition winning Dover Quartet performs the Adagio from Samuel Barber’s String Quartet in B Minor, op.11 – a piece which has gone on to achieve huge popularity in its string orchestra arrangement as the Adagio for Strings.
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FocusDiscovering Bartók, Ligeti and Kurtág in 3 seminal works
Casals Quartet violist Jonathan Brown chooses three key chamber pieces by the giants of Hungarian music
