The Smith Quartet play Philip Glass at St George's Bristol

Von Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 22 April 2013

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: St George's Bristol, Bristol, am 19 April 2013

Glass, String Quartet no. 3, “Mishima”

Glass, String Quartet no. 1

Glass, String Quartet no. 4 "Buczak"

Glass, String Quartet no. 2 "Company"

Glass, String Quartet no. 5

Smith Quartet

Two Michael Nyman works for string quartet at St John's Smith Square

Melissa Hok Cee Wong, 1st June

This Saturday afternoon concert by the Smith Quartet – the first in a two-concert series that would present the complete string quartets of Michael Nyman, including the UK première of his String Quartet no.

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Transparent Glass: The Smith Quartet at St John's Smith Square

Paul Kilbey, 12th October

Bathed in a wash of soft blue light, St John’s Smith Square was home to a remarkable concert on Friday night with the Smith Quartet presenting all five of Philip Glass’ string quartets. The performance, played with the sensitivity of real experts in this repertoire, provided an insightful and absorbing overview to the many different sides of Glass.

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A Steve Reich experience at St Paul's School

Helen Fraser, 26th November

Do you remember when Steve Reich, “America’s greatest living composer”, came to your school concert and you performed his seminal work Clapping Music with the great man? No? Well, Joshua Kellie does. Joshua was one of the talented (and fortunate) St Paul’s School pupils chosen to perform in a concert in honour of the minimalist composer on his 75th birthday.

Simon Rattle mit Mahlers Zweiten bei der Staatskapelle Berlin

Sebastian Urmoneit, 10th March

Simon Rattle, der am tags zuvor zum Ehrendirigenten der Staatskapelle Berlin gekürt wurde, begeistert mit Mahlers Zweiten Symphonie.

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Lozakovich und Peltokoski in Baden-Baden: die Kraft der Jugend

Christoph Wurzel, 7th March

Ein tolles Team: In Baden-Baden begeisterte die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen unter Tarmo Peltokoski mit dem Geiger Daniel Lozakovich in einem Programm voller Vielfalt und Virtuosität.

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Freiheit und Heimat: Reginald Mobley bei Klangvokal

Jens Klier, 27th February

Zum 250. Jahrestag der amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitserklärung erinnert diese Künstlerverbindung mit Coming Home with Music an einen universalen, berührenden Freiheitsbogen, der die Magnetwirkung für Heimat zeichnet.

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Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres is a Bristol-based film composer and classical electronic artist. Alexandra's passion in scoring and as a performer lie in the duality between the classical and electronica worlds, moving picture and her love for the piano. Her music has been described by The White Room Magazine as “majestic, at times monumental…the force and vastness of nature”.