Archives: December 2012

Professor Clive Brown. one of the world's foremost experts on the performance practice of the Romantic era, writes about the Beethoven quartets and our channging attitudes to performing them.

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in A major op. 18 no. 5

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in C major op. 59 no. 3 ‘Rasumovsky’

INTERVAL

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in C sharp minor op. 131…

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Our cycles have begun! First programme - Opus 18,5, Opus 59,1, Opus 131

Our first venue was the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford. Beautiful acoustics and a thrilling venue to be in for our very first concert! Was great to meet …

This summer I spent some time trekking in Ladakh, in the Indian Himalaya. While staying at a guest-house in Leh, the “capital” (which is really nothing more than a big village in the middle of the mountains) I met an …

This summer I spent some time trekking in Ladakh, in the Indian Himalaya. While staying at a guest-house in Leh, the “capital” (which is really nothing more than a big village in the middle of the mountains) I met an …

Marie writes about her impressions of performing the first programme.

This is our first all Beethoven programme, the first of 6 that we will play over the next 2 year and that constitute a Beethoven cycle. I can’t believe this day has finally arrived… We started planning these cycles more …