That's the folksy Andante Cantabile movement from Tchaikovsky's first string quartet (in D major, Op. 11), a work that was performed in Ottawa on Wednesday afternoon by the Utrecht String Quartet, their 2nd performance in a series. The members of the quartet are not as Dutch as you might think: they come from Finnland, Australia, Russia and Germany, respectively. Their programme featured music by Beethoven (Op. 18, No. 4), Tchaikovsky (they also played a selection of pieces from his Album for the Young arranged for string quartet by a member of the Borodin Quartet) and Piazzolla's Las cuatro estaciones porteñas, arranged by the father of the Utrecht's viola player.
blending an assortment of thoughts and experiences for my friends, relations and kindred spirit
By Alison Hobbs, blending a mixture of thoughts and experiences for friends, relations and kindred spirits.
Friday, July 8, 2016
Immediate appeal
While talking about music the other day, my husband said that what non-musicians want to hear is something with an "immediate appeal" before they graduate to a more profound experience. What that means is debatable, but by their smiles and body language you can see the immediate effect on an audience of some music, when they hear this, for instance:
That's the folksy Andante Cantabile movement from Tchaikovsky's first string quartet (in D major, Op. 11), a work that was performed in Ottawa on Wednesday afternoon by the Utrecht String Quartet, their 2nd performance in a series. The members of the quartet are not as Dutch as you might think: they come from Finnland, Australia, Russia and Germany, respectively. Their programme featured music by Beethoven (Op. 18, No. 4), Tchaikovsky (they also played a selection of pieces from his Album for the Young arranged for string quartet by a member of the Borodin Quartet) and Piazzolla's Las cuatro estaciones porteñas, arranged by the father of the Utrecht's viola player.
That's the folksy Andante Cantabile movement from Tchaikovsky's first string quartet (in D major, Op. 11), a work that was performed in Ottawa on Wednesday afternoon by the Utrecht String Quartet, their 2nd performance in a series. The members of the quartet are not as Dutch as you might think: they come from Finnland, Australia, Russia and Germany, respectively. Their programme featured music by Beethoven (Op. 18, No. 4), Tchaikovsky (they also played a selection of pieces from his Album for the Young arranged for string quartet by a member of the Borodin Quartet) and Piazzolla's Las cuatro estaciones porteñas, arranged by the father of the Utrecht's viola player.
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