Music as Minimalism - Smith Quartet
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Smith Quartet
Ian Humphries - Violin I
Rick Koster - Violin II
Charles Mutter - Viola
Sophie Harris - Cello
Stravinsky - Three Pieces for String Quartet
Tailleferre - String Quartet
Gavin Bryars - String Quartet No.4
Phillip Glass - String Quartet No.3 “Mishima”
Arvo Pärt - Summa
The Smith Quartet perform a programme inspired by minimalism - with quartets written by Phillip Glass, Gavin Bryars and Arvo Pärt created from the constant repetition of motives - something that is present in Stravinsky’s Three Pieces written in 1914. Stravinsky - Three Pieces was inspired by the famous vaudeville star, Little Tich - who grew up in Cudham, Kent and performed in many local pubs. The concert also includes a rarely heard Quartet by Germaine Tailleferre who was a member of Les Six - a collective of avant garde composers based in Paris in the 1920’s.
Ian Humphries - Violin I
Rick Koster - Violin II
Charles Mutter - Viola
Sophie Harris - Cello
Stravinsky - Three Pieces for String Quartet
Tailleferre - String Quartet
Gavin Bryars - String Quartet No.4
Phillip Glass - String Quartet No.3 “Mishima”
Arvo Pärt - Summa
The Smith Quartet perform a programme inspired by minimalism - with quartets written by Phillip Glass, Gavin Bryars and Arvo Pärt created from the constant repetition of motives - something that is present in Stravinsky’s Three Pieces written in 1914. Stravinsky - Three Pieces was inspired by the famous vaudeville star, Little Tich - who grew up in Cudham, Kent and performed in many local pubs. The concert also includes a rarely heard Quartet by Germaine Tailleferre who was a member of Les Six - a collective of avant garde composers based in Paris in the 1920’s.
