The joy of Strings; POST CLASSICAL REVIEWS Alberni String Quartet Adrian...

The Birmingham Post (England);  May 13, 2006 ;     306 words ......Chamber MusicFest. Not that there was any question of the Alberni Quartet being cold or aloof - violinist Peter Pople's eloquent...CAPTION(S): Despite there being only 40 in the audience, the Alberni Quartet delivered a rousing performance

No mystery about performance; REMEMBER WHEN.(Features)

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  June 16, 2008 ;     120 words ......a contrast to their usual audiences which consisted of dignitaries such as the Queen or President Nixon. The wife of the quartet leader, Michel Gizzard, used to live in Choisy-le-Roi, a suburb of Paris which is Newburn's twin town. She persuaded the quartet...

When fours come first.(Review)

The Evening Standard (London, England);  July 8, 2002 ;     305 words ......first violins who emote like star soloists to the cowed accompaniment of three anonymous colleagues. I cannot think of any quartet leader who has played with more commitment and personality than Corina Belcea, yet her fellow musicians rise to the challenge to...

String quartet church concert.(News)

Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England);  January 29, 2008 ;     67 words ......String Quartet will be bringing their concert style to St Leonard's Parish Church, Loftus, at 7.30pm on Saturday, February 2. Quartet leader Peter Gulbis will explain the composition of each piece to be performed by the group, also comprising of Alison Bielby...

The Arts Reviews: Classical - Quartetfest

The Independent - London;  January 19, 2000 ;     348 words ......focus on Haydn now seems tame in comparison with this second, ambitious Quartetfest, again devised by former Fitzwilliam Quartet leader, Christopher Rowland. The packed three-and-a-half- day programme at the RNCM focused on 100 works by 80 20th-century composers...

MUSIC

The Independent - London;  January 5, 1994 ;     471 words ......for the viola, so his string quintets add, instead, a second viola. Last Saturday evening that put the long-established Alberni Quartet in the position of finding two extra players, Ivo-Jan van der Werff and Philip Dukes, since their regular violist, Roger...

STRAIGHT FROM THE HIP

Strings;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......stage, studio, and stick "I always think that music cannot be played like it is in a museum," says violinist, conductor, and quartet leader Thomas Zehetmair. "You 'shoot it out'-it happens in the moment." If you listen to the latest recording of his self-named...

Guitar Quartet leader plays it solo

Lake Zurich Courier (IL);  April 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Classical guitar player Scott Tennant usually feels uncomfortable when he is asked to finalize a concert program. As a musician who prefers to surprise himself, and the audience, Tennant doesn't really like to walk on the stage with an organized list of compositions in his head. "The thing I have

QUARTET LEADER'S DRUMS ARE ON FIRE

The Boston Globe;  July 9, 2000 ;     451 words ...The sound of the Gary Fieldman Quartet brings to mind shimmering sculpted glass. Guitar, soprano sax and keyboards melt together with liquid intensity, as if heated by the incendiary rhythms pumped out by the group's drummer, who also happens to be the composer and the band's leader. Beneath the

Swing quartet leader Rocha takes his jazz straight ahead

Oakland Tribune;  July 8, 2006 ;     374 words ...PLEASANTON -- Dave Rocha began playing music as a fourth-grader in Oakland. Unlike a lot of young band members, his trumpet never ended up in the closet. "What motivates someone to pursue it professionally is a real love of music," he said. "These people are very passionate. It's something that is

GOLDEN GATE QUARTET LEADER ORLANDUS WILSON TO BE EULOGIZED.(LOCAL)

The Virginian Pilot;  January 10, 1999 ;     498 words ...Byline: STEPHANIE A. CROCKETT, STAFF WRITER Many fans of the Golden Gate Quartet remember the deep, resonating voice of bass singer Orlandus Wilson. After more than 60 years as leader of the spiritual group, Wilson died Dec. 30 in Paris. He was 81. Family, friends and admirers will gather today, at

Music Weekends-Leading Musicians in Leading Hotels; WONDERFUL MUSIC -...

Canadian Corporate News;  April 22, 2008 ;     166 words ......the 44th Season of 'Music at Leisure' - featuring pianists John Lill, Piers Lane and Benjamin Frith, the strings of The Alberni Quartet and The Pro-Musica Trio. Two different programmes each weekend, including this Season Beethoven's Moonlight, Pathetique...

Passings

Strings;  August 1, 2008 ;     100 words ......released about 200 recordings. After Schidlof's death, the ensemble split in 1987. Violinist HOWARD DAVIS, a member of the ALBERNI QUARTET for more than 35 years, died February 5. He was 67. Bassist and composer ISRAEL "CACHAO" LPEZ, known as the "King of Mambo...

Orchestras' two for the price of none! Orchestral.(Features)

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  June 6, 2008 ;     693 words ......University. In 2003 she graduated from the post-graduate diploma course at the Royal Academy of Music, where she studied with Alberni Quartet violinist Howard Davis. During 2005 Emily was a member of South bank Sinfonia, a new training orchestra for young musicians...

International flavour of Hay, with strong Welsh seasoning.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  May 28, 2005 ;     673 words ......night theatre company Earthfall staged the first of several Hay performances of its latest production At Swim, Two Boys. The Alberni Quartet will open a six-night residency tonight playing Haydn at Esterhazy and the late quartets of Beethoven and Dvorak. Among...