British Quartets: The Castalian Quartet at the Cheltenham Music Festival

Por Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 11 julio 2012

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Crítica hecha desde Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham el 8 julio 2012

Wood, String Quartet no. 5, Op.45

Nyman, String Quartet no. 2

Swayne, String Quartet no.3

Castalian String Quartet

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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”.