All smith-quartet articles

Review

Smith Quartet: Nyman String Quartets nos.4 & 5

2018-10-12T11:04:00Z

Energetic accounts of music by a modern minimalist 

Focus

Minimalism for strings: An overview with performance advice from the Kronos Quartet and others

2018-01-17T15:23:00Z

Following the emergence of minimalist music in 1960s America, some of the style’s most enduring works have been written for strings, among them Steve Reich’s Different Trains. Pwyll ap Siôn finds out how performers overcome the technical and psychological challenges of playing this music

Focus

Getting articulation right is vital for performing minimalist music

2016-10-19T00:00:00Z

Pwyll ap Siôn explores minimalism’s leading works for strings and provide tips on how to play them