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5+4, 2019
January 28, 2019. Old and new; composers and performers. This week has so many anniversaries that they turn our post into a list, but we’d rather that than omit anybody. Five composers were born this week; they span two and a half centuries, from the Baroque to today. The oldest is Alessandro Marcello, born on February 1st of 1673. His younger brother, Benedetto Marcello, is better remembered these days, but Alessandro’s Oboe Concerto (here) was good enough for Bach to transcribe it for the keyboard solo; we now know it as Bach’s Concerto BWV 974. Franz Schubert was born on January 31st of 1797 in Himmelpfortgrund, now part of Vienna’s 9th district. Undoubtedly one of the greatest composers in the history of European music, he wrote, during his short thirty-one-year life, an astounding number of masterpieces. In their profundity, his late piano sonatas could be compared only to those of […]
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South African cellist Philip De Groote has passed away – aged 68. He performed with the London-based Chilingirian String Quartet from 1971 until his retirement in 2013 – and held a long term teaching position on faculty at London’s Royal College of Music and the University of Cape Town. “Cellist Philip De Groote, the rock […] The post VERY SAD NEWS | Chilingirian Quartet Founding Cellist Philip De Groote Has Died – Aged 68 appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
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Mozart: Chamber Music for Strings In this collection, for the first time in one set, we get the complete works for string ensemble by Mozart. Ranging from the duos for violin and viola to the magnificent string quintets, these works show Mozart’s genius in ensemble writing, finding the perfect balance of harmony and counterpoint, while expressing the whole gamut of human emotions, from amazing gaiety to dark despair. The selections are: Mozart: Divertimento in E flat major, K563 Duo for violin and viola in B flat major, K424 Duo for violin & viola in G major, K423 String Quartets (Complete) String Quintets Nos. 1-6 (Complete) Trio in B flat Sonata – two violins and bass K266/271f Performed by the Chilingirian Quartet and the Franz Schubert Quartet of Vienna A central position in the set are, of course, for […]