All Chamber articles – Page 3
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FocusTurtle Island Quartet techniques: chop, slide and hickety mute
Members of the genre-crossing ensemble share some of the unusual techniques they use to give them their unique sound
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Focus5 views on chamber playing by Borodin Quartet legend Rostislav Dubinsky
The Borodin's founding first violinist, who played with the quartet for 30 years from 1945, was interviewed in The Strad shortly before his death in 1997
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ReviewChiaroscuro Quartet: Schubert String Quartets, no.14 ‘Death and the Maiden’, no.9 in G minor
Light and shade abound in performances of brisk, fierce beauty
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NewsRoyal College of Music announces new string quartet fellowship
One-year scheme will accept applications from young quartets which are already developing a profile, and offers coaching, use of facilities and more
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VideoAzure Quartet: Spiral Sequences by Jack Frerer
‘Spiral Sequences is a string quartet performed in two movements,’ writes composer Jack Frerer. ‘The first, the shorter of the two, is frantic and pulse-driven, carried by momentum generated by spiraling 16th note patterns and repeated ostinatos. It presents fragments of a sequence-like pattern, one which is played in its ...
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ReviewCalidore Quartet: Resilience
Superb young quartet presents a timely and thought-provoking programme
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Schubert Quartet no.14, ‘Death And The Maiden’
Second violinist of the Chiaroscuro Quartet, Pablo Hernán Benedí, looks at the first movement of a work filled with secrets, threats, drama and tension
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ReviewDoric Quartet: Mendelssohn String Quartets vol.1
Structured readings that also capture the intense emotions of the music
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BlogsA 6-point plan for exploring contemporary music
Ross Snyder, first violin for the Tesla Quartet, offers encouragement and a practical primer on incorporating new music into your chamber repertoire
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ReviewSmith Quartet: Nyman String Quartets nos.4 & 5
Energetic accounts of music by a modern minimalist
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ReviewDvořák Piano Quintets & Bagatelles: Busch Trio, Maria Milstein, Miguel da Silva
Spirit and charm of these works is captured with jewel-like precision
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NewsArtemis Quartet announces two departures – including last founding member
The Berlin based ensemble will announce successors ‘later this autumn’ but perform the 2018/19 season in its current configuration
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ReviewBelcea Quartet: Shostakovich String Quartet no.3, Piano Quintet
A non-Russian approach to Shostakovich that’s in a class of its own
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ReviewElena Ruehr Quartets nos.1-6 – Cypress Quartet, Borromeo Quartet
Proof that, as a genre, the string quartet still has legs
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ReviewEybler Quartet: Beethoven Quartets op.18 nos.1-3
Subtly restrained period instrument performances prove that less is more
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FocusMaking sense of Bartók
The Arcadia Quartet’s violist Traian Boală discusses his experience of recording Bartók’s complete string quartets. Interview by Gavin Dixon
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NewsLark Quartet calls it quits after 34 years
Pioneering all-female ensemble based in New York will be playing final concerts in 2019
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VideoSteve Reich's Triple Quartet – Psappha Ensemble
Commissioned by the Kronos Quartet, this work is written for three quartets but can be played, as in this video, with one live group and two pre-recorded ones. The musicians are Benedict Holland and Sophie Rosa, violins, Heather Wallington, viola, and Jennifer Langridge, cello. Psappha is a flexible contemporary music ...
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GalleryGallery: Andersson Dance/Scottish Ensemble – Goldberg Variations
Photos and video from ‘Goldberg Variations: ternary patterns for insomnia’
