edinburgh quartet
Sunday 11 October 2015, 7.30pm
Haydn: String Quartet in E flat major, Op.20, No.1
Shostakovich: String Quartet in F sharp minor, No.7
Tom Harrold: 'Silent Shores'
Sibelius: String Quartet in D minor, Op.56, 'Voces Intimae'
“vivid and fresh... brimming over with energy and intensity” Scotsman
Founded in 1960 and long celebrated as one of Britain’s foremost chamber ensembles, this dynamic quartet is busier than ever, bringing chamber music of the highest quality to an ever-widening audience throughout Scotland and on regular overseas tours. Their performance of Tom Harold's new work, commissioned by the quartet, will be the first in our mini-series of works by modern Scottish composers, with works by Eddie McGuire (1 November), Sally Beamish (6 March), and Ronald Stevenson (Gala Piano Recital) to follow throughout the season.
“My second string quartet,Silent Shores," writes Tom Harold, "depicts an early-morning boat crossing I was on to the Isle of Arran, in which the island (when viewed from the boat) was shrouded in a cold, still mist. The calmness, serenity and beauty at this scene resonated with me. The work is constructed of three adjoined movements: the first features a haunting, baleful melody; the second is scurrying and frenetic, with hints of reels heard throughout; and the third passage returns to the earlier melodic material, although it is hazier, perhaps even damaged, in this passage. The work is one of the more substantial works in my recent output, and I am thrilled and humbled that the Edinburgh Quartet is giving the world premiere”.
The Edinburgh Quartet commissioned this new work with financial support from Creative Scotland.
Haydn: String Quartet in E flat major, Op.20, No.1
Shostakovich: String Quartet in F sharp minor, No.7
Tom Harrold: 'Silent Shores'
Sibelius: String Quartet in D minor, Op.56, 'Voces Intimae'
“vivid and fresh... brimming over with energy and intensity” Scotsman
Founded in 1960 and long celebrated as one of Britain’s foremost chamber ensembles, this dynamic quartet is busier than ever, bringing chamber music of the highest quality to an ever-widening audience throughout Scotland and on regular overseas tours. Their performance of Tom Harold's new work, commissioned by the quartet, will be the first in our mini-series of works by modern Scottish composers, with works by Eddie McGuire (1 November), Sally Beamish (6 March), and Ronald Stevenson (Gala Piano Recital) to follow throughout the season.
“My second string quartet,Silent Shores," writes Tom Harold, "depicts an early-morning boat crossing I was on to the Isle of Arran, in which the island (when viewed from the boat) was shrouded in a cold, still mist. The calmness, serenity and beauty at this scene resonated with me. The work is constructed of three adjoined movements: the first features a haunting, baleful melody; the second is scurrying and frenetic, with hints of reels heard throughout; and the third passage returns to the earlier melodic material, although it is hazier, perhaps even damaged, in this passage. The work is one of the more substantial works in my recent output, and I am thrilled and humbled that the Edinburgh Quartet is giving the world premiere”.
The Edinburgh Quartet commissioned this new work with financial support from Creative Scotland.
