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Report of the Committee for 2019

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This annual report summarises Strings Attached activity during 2019, and includes the Coffee Concert Season 2018/9.

We’ve had another successful season of Coffee Concerts, the eighth provided by Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival.

During the 2018/19 we heard performances from Coffee Concert favourite quartets the Castalian and Doric, and also heard the young and impressive Continue reading Report of the Committee for 2019

26th January 2020 – Heath Quartet – Programme notes by Chris Darwin

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1826) String Quartet Op.18 No.3 in D (1799)

Allegro
Andante con moto
Allegro – Minore
Presto

Beethoven was in his late 20s and living in Vienna when he wrote his six Op 18 string quartets. Uneducated (“I do everything badly except compose”), rough-mannered, but with an alluringly Continue reading 26th January 2020 – Heath Quartet – Programme notes by Chris Darwin

Coffee Concert 8th December 2019 – Maxwell Quartet – Strings Attached Review by Guy Richardson

The Maxwell Quartet opened their recital with a stunning performance of Haydn’s Quartet  Op 74 No 1 in C. From the start the degree of  interplay between the players was clear and their commitment to the music total. The rhythms were full  of Continue reading Coffee Concert 8th December 2019 – Maxwell Quartet – Strings Attached Review by Guy Richardson