Reid Lunch-hour Concert

Date: 
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Time: 
1.10 pm
Season/No: 
2009-2010

Venue:

Participant(s): 

The Edinburgh Quartet
Tristan Gurney - violin
Philip Burrin - violin
Michael Beeston - viola
Mark Bailey - cello

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

Programme

Perseverance for string quartet (2001/09) ... Peter Nelson (b. 1951)
  The son of thief inherits "thieving"
  The son of poor man inherits "poverty"
  The son of lazy man inherits "laziness"
  The son of rich man inherits "wealth"
  The son of philosopher inherits "philosophy"
  The son of hunter inherits "guns etc."
    so the "poverty", "misery", "wretchedness", and "sorrow" shall never finish in the generation that there is no "Perseverance".
                                                                                                                    Arnos Tutuola: 'The Brave African Huntress'

Train of Thought (cello solo) ... Stuart Taylor (b. 1973)

String Quartet in C major, op. 37 (1917) ... Karol Szymanovski (1882-1937)
  Lento assai - Allegro Moderato
  Andantino semplice: in modo d'una canzone - Allegro dolcissimo - Lento assai
  Scherzando alla burlesca; Vivace

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Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Group/Ensemble: 
The (New) Edinburgh (String) Quartet

Performance Type:

Programme: 
4-page white A4 folded (with teal header)
Programme Notes: 

Programme notes by Peter Nelson, Stuart Taylor and for the Szymanovski, by Philip Burrin

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Admission free

Promoter:

Printer(s): 
Reid School of Music
Notes: 

Paragraph about the Edinburgh Quartet.
Forthcoming concerts listed at the end of the printed programme.