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  String quartet
A string quartet is a group of four string musical instruments or a piece written to be performed by such a group.
Although any combination of string instruments may be called a "string quartet", in practice, the term almost always refers to a group consisting of two violins, one viola and one cello.
Indeed, he is often referred to as "the father of the string quartet" (as well as being called "the father of the symphony").
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 London String Quartet Foundation
The Formosa Quartet was formed in 2002 when four outstanding young musicians came together for a concert tour of Taiwan, the land of their shared heritage.
The quartet was also awarded first prize in the Royal Overseas League chamber music competition, and is currently giving performances around the UK as part of both the Tillett Trust Young Artists' Platform and the Tunnell Trust schemes.
The Quartet is tutored principally by William Hennessy, the founding member of the Australian String Quartet and the Melba String Quartet.
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 Rare works for String Quartet ADW7309 [JW]: Classical Reviews- March 2002 MusicWeb(UK)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Secondly it showcases the quartet organised by the much-admired violinist Lola Bobesco.
It was subsequently adapted for quartet by Ysaye’s grandson, Jacques, expressly for the Quatuor Arte del Suono.
The Alberni Quartet has recorded the Donizetti Quartet and the Puccini Crisantemi on CRD 3366 but, primus inter pares or not, Bobesco and her talented colleagues have given us a well-considered and affectionate disc.
www.musicweb.uk.net /classrev/2002/Mar02/rare_quartets.htm   (532 words)

  
 Wendover Music : Alberni String Quartet : 09th April 2005
The Alberni String Quartet was formed more than thirty years ago at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
Rapport and long experience on the concert platform give the quartet an understanding and musical wisdom unusual among performers, qualities which the members of the quartet now share with their students at the Royal Academy of Music.
Whilst obviously demonstrating the expertise and maturity gained from many years of performing, the Alberni Quartet retain the enthusiasm, vigour and attention to detail that make their interpretations today a rare and rich experience.
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In 1992-93 it was the Graduate String Quartet in Residence in the Northern Illinois University studying with the Vermeer String Quartet.
The quartet took part in the Soundfest Music festival and in 1994 was the Quartet in Residence at the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival.
It is the String Quartet in Residence at Festival du Haut Limousin in France.
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 Tutors
She became joint leader of the City of Belfast Youth Orchestra and leader of the Methodist College Orchestra and went on to study at the Royal Academy of Music in London where she was fortunate to have Clarence Myerscough as her violin tutor.
This was followed by postgraduate studies at RAM where she specialised in chamber music under the guidance of the legendary Amadeus Quartet and Howard Davies of the Alberni Quartet.
He is a member of the Dennison String Quartet which performs extensively and has recorded with a number of bands and singers.
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 String quartet - Questionz.net , answers to all your questions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
* Johannes Brahms - wrote three string quartets in the 1860s and 1870s * Benjamin Britten - wrote three numbered string quartets (1941, 1945 and 1975) plus two early unnumbered ones (1928 and 1931) and a number of other works for string quartet (such as the three Divertimenti, 1933).
* Felix Mendelssohn - wrote six numbered string quartets, plus a number of other works, none of them amongst his better known pieces * Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - wrote twenty-three string quartets, including the six so-called Haydn quartets (1782-85), generally reckoned to be his best.
* William Walton - wrote two string quartets (1922 and 1947) * Anton Webern - his String Quartet is composed using the twelve tone technique For the purposes of performance, groups of string players sometimes group together to make ad hoc string quartets.
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 The Pavao String Quartet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
With over 50 quartets in their repertoire, they also have a wealth of experience in the jazz, rock, pop and film genres.
They made their Wigmore Hall debut in 2003, in an exhilarating collaboration with the Dominic Alldis jazz quartet, which was then taken on an extensive UK tour sponsored by the Arts Council.
The Quartet are also grateful for financial help in the past from the Tillett Trust, the Hattori Foundation, the Musicians Benevolent Fund and Sir Richard Branson.
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 Mendelssohn, Schumann: String Quartets / Alberni Quartet - 5015155331720 - CRD Records - CRD CRD3317 - H&B ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Mendelssohn, Schumann: String Quartets / Alberni Quartet - 5015155331720 - CRD Records - CRD CRD3317 - HandB Recordings Direct
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): Quartet for Strings in A major, Op.
Quartet for Strings no 2 in A minor, Op.
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 Document
Intermezzo and Trio in D minor for string quintet.
When first issued almost nine years ago, this disc was hailed by SP as likely to prove one of the best chamber music records of the year.
Written as an alternative to the Scherzo (judged too difficult) of his solitary String Quartet, it is wholly Viennese in waltz-like charm, with some surprising pre-echoes of Mahler in its switches of key.
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 Presto Classical - Bruckner - String Quintet in F major - Buy music CDs & DVDs online
String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op.
String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From My Life'
String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op.
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 London - Classical Music, Concerts, News - Opus 1 Classical
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, op.
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 5 in E flat major, op.
Mendelssohn: Scherzo for string quartet in A minor, op.
www.opus1classical.com /static/concert/1/2005-03-13   (147 words)

  
 Blossom 2005 Session I
BRITTEN: String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op.
GRIEG: String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op.
MOZART: String Quartet in F Major, K. Allegro moderato
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 The String Quartet: Performers (A-C)
Beethoven Quartet [Moscow Conservatory Quartet (until 1931)] (1923-); Russia
Note: An earlier 'Cleveland Quartet' under Josef Fuchs was formed in 1919.
Note: NY Times Reports (quoted by Fanfare 19:4) the quartet may disband soon.
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 Britannia Music and Film   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
''...Thomas Rajna and the Alberni give performances that in their way are as urgent and enjoyable as those on the Philips Duo.'' (The Penguin Guide - Piano Quartet Op 47/Piano Quintet)
''...well recorded and sympathetic performances by the Alberni Quartet have plenty of finesse and charm and are guided throughout by sound musical instinct.'' (The Penguin Guide - String Quartets Nos 1 & 2)
Works: String Quartets Nos 1 - 3; Piano Trios Nos 1 -3; Phantasiestücke Op.
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 Wedding music - Intermezzo String Quartet
The quartet is ideal for any special occasion - be it a wedding ceremony, reception, dinner/garden party or a business function.
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 Chamber Music
Aliabev: Piano Quintet in E flat maj: Gilels and The Beethoven Quartet, Taneiev: Piano Trio in D maj Op 22: David Oistrakh, Lev Oberin, Sviatoslav Knushevitsky
Haydn: SQ's Op 76 #'s 3 and 4: Aeolian SQ Haydn: SQs Op.33 #4-6: The Weller Quartet
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat maj, Op.44, Paino Quartet in E flat maj, Op.47: Alberni Quartet with Thomas Rajna - gatefold
www.classicrecordings.on.ca /chamber.html   (1229 words)

  
 Institute of Continuing Education: Courses
Weeks of coaching by the Alberni Quartet for all ensembles with strings.
Please note that courses have the option of attending weekend and mid-week modules.
The Institute reserves the right to withdraw or amend any part of this prospectus without prior notice.
www.cont-ed.cam.ac.uk /courses/coursedetails.php?id=491   (165 words)

  
 Benslow - Concerts
This concert is generously funded by the Connie Cottee Clarinet Quintet Fund
Smetana Quartet No. 1 in E minor, 'From my Life'
A great evening of jazz improvised by top class performers.
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 www.myspace.com/pavaoquartet
Their debut album 'Someone to Watch Over Me', a collection of their encore repertoire, was released in July and reached no 6 in HMVs Classical Chart.
It has been played on Classic FM, Radio 3 and Radio 2, including on Michael Parkinsons show and the Quartet performed on BBCs Friday Night is Music Night.
During a recital series in Dorset, they reached further into the community by giving additional performances in hospices, day centres and on hospital radio.
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 Premiere Music Distributors - CRD Records
MOZART : Quartets - K.499 and 575 - Chilingirian Quartet
MOZART : Quartets - K.589 And 590 - Chilingirian Quartet
TRUMPET and ORGAN AT LIVERPOOL CATHEDRAL : Stringer and Rawsthorne
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 Alberni Quartet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John White, then Berian Evans, then Roger Best, then Matthew Souter viola
As well as performing a wide range of the classical string quartet repertoire from Haydn and Mozart through to Bartók and Benjamin Britten, they performed new works written for them including Alan Rawsthorne's third string quartet written for the 1965 Harlow Festival, and Nicholas Maw's first string quartet.
Benjamin Britten coached them in his own first and second string quartets (they have recorded all three of his works in the genre), and entrusted the first British performances of Dmitri Shostakovich's ninth and tenth quartets (whose scores he had acquired from the composer) to them.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alberni_Quartet   (218 words)

  
 Howard Davis - Biography - AOL Music
This is not the same Howard Davis who played alto saxophone in big bands, nor, for that matter, is he the one who plays violin in the Alberni String Quartet.
The vocal arranger had talents that were certainly in demand in creating pop hits during the second half of the '60s.
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 List of string quartets - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article or section does not cite its references or sources.
This article has been tagged since October 2006.
This is a list of recognized string quartets, in alphabetical order.
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 trovar.com - Anton Bruckner Discography
Alberni Quartet, Jackson, on CRD 1046 or 3346 or 3456
Heutling Quartet, Heinz Otto Graf (1972) on EMI Electrola 1C 063-29 100
Keller Quartet, Georg Schmid, on Oryx 1807 (LP) or MHS 1363 (LP)
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 UCE Birmingham Conservatoire  » Calendar  » CMW: Alberni String Quartet Masterclass
UCE Birmingham Conservatoire  » Calendar  » CMW: Alberni String Quartet Masterclass
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 Amazon.com: Verdi / Puccini / Donizetti: String Quartets: Music: Gaetano Donizetti,Giacomo Puccini,Giuseppe Verdi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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 Stansted Mountfitchet Village Music Club
October 28th 2006 The Alberni Quartet with Ian Scott
The Alberni Quartet with Ian Scott play the great Mozart and Brahms clarinet quintets.
To listen and watch him now visit www.jackliebeck.com
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