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1975-1976
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AREA TOWN HALL, HUDDERSFIELD
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Monday, October 27th, 1975
THE BENTHIEN STRING
QUARTET
Ulrich Benthien.....
Violin
Rudolf Maria Muller... Violin
Martin Ledig
Viola
Edwin Koch
Cello
Quartet in D minor ........ J. F. Fasch
Quartet in E flat major Op. 74
Beethoven Roussel
Quartet in A major Op. 41 No. 3
Schumann
String
The Benthien
Quartet
formed in 1948 owes its international
reputation to the extensive concert
tours which the Ensemble has under-
taken in nearly all European countries
and in all the most important music
centres in the world. The Quartet is
just as much at home in the Wigmore
Hall in London; in the Mozarteum in
Salzburg; in the Concertgebouw in
Amsterdam as in the concert halls of
New York, Boston, San Francisco,
Sydney and Tokyo. During the 1970-71
season the Quartet earned a tremen-
dous and outstanding success from
appreciative audiences in the main
towns of the U.S.S.R. Besides its
concert commitments the Quartet plays
regularly for German, and for more
than 40 foreign, radio stations and for
T.V. performances. For the B.B.C. in
London alone in recent years over 30
different works from the Quartet's
extensive repertoire have been
recorded.
The Society is deeply appreciative
of the assistance toward the promotion
of this concert given by the Goethe
Institute of York.
The concert will start precisely at
7-30 as it is being recorded for future
broadcasts by the B.B.C.
Monday, November 17th, 1975
THE BERNEDE STRING
QUARTET
Violin
Charpentier ... Violin
Charpentier
Viola
Cello
J. C. Bernede
Marcel
Michel Laleouse
Paul Boufil
Quartet in B flat Op. 76 No. 4
("The Sunrise")
Haydn
Quartet in D major Op. 45 (1932) ....
Roussel
Quartet in D major Op. 18 No. 3
Beethoven
It gives us much pleasure to
introduce this very fine Quartet from
France. Formed in 1964 they are in
regular demand throughout Europe
and overseas. The Quartet started its
career by winning the prize at the
Munich International String Quartet
Competition. In 1969 the French
Government decided to subsidise the
Quartet for a series of concerts to be
given annually in France. One critic
recently wrote: "One cannot listen to
the Bernede String Quartet without
being conscious of the fact that he is
in the presence of such exceptional
talent that it approaches greatness. Its
intonation and balance, its technical
competence and its expressiveness are
superb."
COVENANTED GIFTS. The Committee appeal to all members if possible to
make a special contribution in the form of a Covenant. This would not be
related to the normal subscription and, with the tax benefits accruing to the
Society therefrom, would be a most valuable means of ensuring the
continuance of these Concerts.
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THE HUDDERSFIELD MUSIC SOCIETY
(Founded as The Huddersfield Music Club by Dr. Eaglefield Hull in 1918)
President
Vice-President
Honorary Vice-Presidents:
Benjamin Britten, Esq., O.M., C.H., F. Rowcliffe, Esq.
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Savile, J.P., D.L.
Joint Hon. Secretaries:
Mrs. J. de Nikitin-Solsky, 37 Gynn Lane, Honley, HD7 2LE.
Tel. Hudd. 661696
Miss C. Alison Shaw, 3a Vernon Avenue, HD1 5 QD. Tel. Hudd. 27470
S. H. Crowther
David Dugdale
P. G. C. Forbes,
W. E. Thompson, Esq., F.R.C.S.
Hon. Treasurer:
P. Michael Lord, Esq., National Westminster Bank Ltd.,
8 Southgate Elland HX5 0BW. Tel. Elland 2070
M.A., A.R.C.O.
Miss I. Bratman
Mrs. A. Crowther
Mrs. S. H. Crowther
Miss E. K. Sawers, M.A.
Hon. Auditor:
P. Sturgess, Esq., F.I.B.
P. Michelson
S. Rothery
Executive Committee:
Mrs. E. Glendinning
E. Glendinning
I. M. Lee
Ladies' Committee:
Chairman: Mrs. J. H. Sykes
Miss K. Evans, B.A.
Miss M. A. Freeman,
J.P., LL.B.
Miss M. Hamer
E. C. Shaw
J. C. S. Smith, B.A.
Mrs. J. H. Sykes
J. J. Valner
Mrs. J. de Nikitin-Solsky
Miss C. A. Shaw
Mrs. J. Shires
Hon. Secretary: Mrs. E. Glendinning
Hon. Treasurer: Miss E. K. Sawers, M.A.
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Monday, December 8th, 1975
THE GABRIELI STRING
QUARTET
Kenneth Sillito
Brendan O'Reilly
lan Jewel
Keith Harvey
Violin
Violin
Viola
Cello
Quartet in F major Op. 18 No. 1
....
Beethoven
"The Bullfighter's Prayer" for
String Quartet
Turina
Quartet in G major D887 ... Schubert
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Since its London debut in 1967
the Gabrieli String Quartet has estab-
lished itself as not only the leading
young Quartet in England but also as
of the finest in Europe. The
Quartet's regular annual series of
concerts at London's Queen Elizabeth
Hall is received with great enthusiasm
by public and critics alike as are its
concerts throughout Europe. The
Quartet's Vienna debut last year was
an outstanding success, soon followed
by a tour of Austria. This year the
Quartet will be travelling further afield
to Australia and the U.S. as well as
returning to many countries in Europe.
The Quartet records exclusively for
Decca. Future plans include a record-
ing of the Schumann Piano Quintet
with Vladimir Ashkenazy.
This concert is sponsored by
Leisure Services of the Kirklees
Metropolitan Council and the Society
is most grateful to them for their
generosity and co-operation.
Monday, January 19th, 1976
FRANCOIS DUCHABLE
32 Variations in C minor on an
original theme
Ballade No. 4 in F minor
Op. 52
Nocturne in D flat major
Op. 27 No. 2
Mazurka in F sharp minor
Op. 59 No. 3
Three Etudes, Op. 25
Toccata, Op. 7
Four pieces from
Fantasiestucke, Op. 12
L'Isle joyeuse
Soiree dans Grenade
Jeux d'eau
Alborada del Gracioso
Beethoven
Chopin
Schumann
Debussy
} Ravel
Francois Duchable made his
British debut last August as part of the
Young Musicians Series of the Harro-
gate Festival. His performance there
made such an impact that a visiting
B.B.C. music producer signed him on
the spot for a broadcast recital the
following day.
Duchable was born into a musical
family in Paris in 1952. He took up the
piano when he was still only four and
at the age of seven played for the
great Joseph Benvenuti and Madelaine
Giradeau-Basset with whom he then
went to study until his entry to the
Conservatoire National Superieur in
Paris in 1964.
His years at the Conservatoire
brought a number of
of prizes and
awards for his outstanding abilities.
Whilst still a student he was named
Laureat of the Concours International
Reine Elizabeth de Belgique in Brussels
in 1968, and in 1973 Laureat of the
Fondation Sacha Schneider.
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The National Federation of Music Societies, to which this Society is affiliated,
gives support towards the cost of these Concerts with funds provided by the
Arts Council of Great Britain.
Generous support is also given by the Yorkshire Arts Association.
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THE ORION PIAN
Peter Thomas
Sharon McKinley
lan Brown
Trio in C Major, K.548
Trio
Trio in E flat major, Op.
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Monday, February 9th, 1976
THE ORION PIANO TRIO
Peter Thomas
Violin
Cello
Sharon McKinley
lan Brown
Piano
Mozart
Camilleri
Trio in E flat major, Op. 70 No. 2....
Beethoven
Trio in C Major, K.548
Trio
The Piano Trio is undoubtedly a
popular form of chamber music and
this Trio is making a welcome re-
appearance since they first played for
the Society in 1970. The Trio was
formed in 1968 and is resident at
Southampton University, giving weekly
concerts during university terms. In
1969 they were first prize winners in
the B.B.C. Beethoven Trio Competition
for British and Commonwealth
ensembles. They have broadcast and
recorded for the B.B.C. Music
Programme and have appeared on
Television.
FRANCOIS DUCHABLE
under
His concert career is now well
way with recitals, concerto
performances and broadcasts in
France and Belgium and he will make
his first appearance in the Royal
Festival Hall in London with the New
Philharmonia Orchestra in October
1975.
Arthur Rubinstein has written of
him that at 22 "... he is already a
mature musician, gifted with the most
perfect technique. To my great satis-
faction he knows how to make use of
his exceptional gifts to play the music
so that it will bring the listener the
greatest joy and emotion."
Monday, March 15th, 1976
THE NORTHERN SINFONIA
ENSEMBLE
Leader Barry Wilde
Sextet No. 1 in B flat Op. 18 .. Brahms
Prelude and Scherzo Op. 11
Shostakovich
Octet in E flat Op. 20... Mendelssohn
The Ensemble, which is drawn
from the Northern Sinfonia Orchestra,
occupies a unique place in the musical
life of Great Britain. The stability of the
personnel of the Orchestra for many
years, and its policy of appointing
instrumentalists of soloist and chamber
music calibre, have produced a group
of musicians capable of giving first
class performances of more than a
hundred works for anything from one
to fifteen players.
The Committee would like to point out that, in spite of rapidly rising
expenses, the subscription rates remain unaltered. As the price of single
tickets has been increased, the advantage of purchasing season tickets
becomes increasingly apparent.
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Double
... £6.00
(for two persons not necessarily of one
family)
Single
Student
£1.00
(may be obtained from the School of
Music, Polytechnic or from the Hon.
Secretaries)
Single Ticket
Student Ticket
.. £3.50
....
.£1.00
30p
(Bona fide Students under 21)
All ticket prices inclusive of VAT
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LAST SEASONS MEMBERS
Tickets as issued last year to all exist-
ing members are enclosed herewith. If
they are not required, they must be
returned to the Hon. Secretary not later
than September 30th AFTER WHICH
DATE NO RETURNED TICKETS
CAN BE ACCEPTED.
NEW MEMBERS
New members are welcomed. Tickets
can be obtained either from the Hon.
Secretary (using the appropriate form
overleaf) or from Messrs. J. Wood and
Sons, 67 New Street, Huddersfield, or at
the door.
Student single tickets are obtainable
only at the School of Music or in bulk
from the Hon. Secretary or at the door.
This perforated slip should be for-
warded as soon as possible, please.
Multi-Storey Car Park in close
proximity to the Hall.
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DAVID DUGDALE, Esq.
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P. MICHAEL LORD, Esq.
Miss M. E. PORRITT
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THE HUDDERSFIELD MUSIC SOCIETY
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Fifty-eighth Season 1975-76
Area, Town Hall
Monday, October 27th 1975
THE BENTHIEN STRING QUARTET
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Ulrich Benthien (Violin)
Peter Heidrich (Violin)
Quartet in D minor
Programme
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Allegro
Jeft #int dedes
Claus Conrad (Viola)
Edwin Kock (Cello)
J.F. Fasch (1688-1785)
Largo
Largo
Allegro
(First performance at these Concerts) to obtotader
Johann Friedrich Fasch, born near Weimar, was a scholar at the
Thomasschule in Leipzig where he studied law as well as music, the
latter under Kuhnau. Although now a little-known figure, he and
his son had a direct influence upon German musical life. He himself
founded a "Collegium musicum", the ancestor of the Gewandhaus
concerts. Later, his son Carl Friedrich, a harpsicordist and
composer, founded the Berlin Singakademie, which, in course of time,
was the first to revive Bach's St. Matthew Passion, After a
wandering life, Fasch was appointed Court Kapellmeister at Zerbst;
he was invited to compete for the Cantorship of the Thomasschule
against Bach but he refused to do so.
Fasch's music owes much to the influence of Kuhnau and to the
lighter style of Telleman. Many of his works
masses, cantatas
and motets, overtures, trios, sonatas etc. are preserved in
manuscript. Bach himself thought so highly of Fasch that he copied
out five of his orchestral suites. The Quartet in D minor is
believed to be the earliest example of that form preceeding the
works of Haydn by many years. Haydn fixed that form for all time;
previous to him, the earlier works were more akin to the suite,
with its popular dance melodies, or to the sonata di camera, with
its more serious and largely contrapuntal style.d be bet odd
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Quartet in E flat major Op. 74 (The Harp)
Poco adagio Allegro
Adagio ma non troppo
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Allegretto con variazoini
(Last performed in 1970 by the Lindsay String Quartet)
Beethoven (1770-1827)
By the years 1807-11 Beethoven seemed to have reached the
summit of his powers
in the Mass in C, in piano sonatas, in the
E flat piano concerto in symphonic composition with the Symphony
No. 7 and in chamber music with the Quartets Opp. 74 and 95 and
the Trios Opp. 70 and 97. It could hardly be expected that he
could create a yet greater symphony, greater piano works, and,
as the ultimate achievement, the final string quartets. This was
a period of complete mastery and strength, of relative serenity
and joy, but still in these works can found a foreshadowing of a
"transformation of the creative idea, a transformation to be
completely effected only in the sonatas 1815 and in the last
quartets of 1825" (d'Indy).
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The Quartet Op. 74 was written in 1809 and dedicated to
Prince Lobkowitz, one of Beethoven's princely patrons in Vienna.
It is widely known as the Harp Quartet on account of the
pizzicato arpeggios in the first movement. This movement opens
with a rather extended introduction ending with a long ascending
chromatic scale out of which the movement proper suddenly appears.
A simple thematic figure based on the tonic chord is heard,
followed at once by the first subject. The whole development.
section is built up from this figure and the first subject.
Before the coda the first violin has a brilliant and cadenza-
like passage
the only purely virtuoso passage found in
Beethoven's chamber music.
The Adagio in A flat is a "superb example of the lyric
grandeur of Beethoven. The majestic calm preserved unbroken
throughout the movement, causes one to wonder what the slow
movement will become with the Beethoven of the third period
epoch. A noble and melodious phrase asserts itself at the very
outset". (d'Indy). This theme, in varying form, reappears in
the third and fifth sections. The second section (A flat major)
has a new theme which returns in the sixth section, while the
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fourth section (D flat major) has a new phrase derived from the
main theme. The third movement is a Scherzo with the Trio repeated
twice, The keys alternate between C major and minor. This leads
without a break into the Finale - a theme with six variations.
The work ends with a short and brilliant coda.
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COFFEE INTERVAL OF FIFTEEN MINUTES
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Andante espressivo - Allegro molto moderato
Assai agitato - Un poco adagio
- Un poco adagio Tempo risoluto
Adagio molto
Het Allegro molto vivace
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(Last performed in 1964 by the Benthien String Quartet)
In his early years Schumann had a strong tendency to devote
himself exclusively during a certain period to one particular type
of composition. Between 1830-9 the piano absorbed all his attention;
1840-2 saw the creation of his great songs; the symphonies appeared
between 1841-2. But 1842 was the year of chamber music and the
string quartet. Coming at that time in his life, it meant that
Schumann undertook this fine and difficult form at the height of
his powers, when his inspiration was unimpaired, his technical skill
and judgement completely formed and his genius "clarified and somewhat
sobered". (To prepare himself for this new task Schumann devoted
the spring of 1842 to a close study and re-examination of the quartets
of Mozart and Beethoven. This study completed, the three quartets of
Op.41 were all written in a little over a month, the third in a
matter of days. Schumann's only other remaining chamber music .
a quintet, a quartet and 3 trioi- were all written for strings in
combination with the piano.] It has been said that Schumann's writing
for strings is too pianistic, but, on the appearance of these
quartets, Hauptmann, the critical authority of his time and himself
a fine violinist, was full of praise, for them both technically and
musically. They are, in fact, "beautiful music, strongly original,
strongly characteristic of the composer's innermost nature, highly
imaginative, deeply poetic and laying hold irresistably on the
listener's symphathies". (Aldrich).
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The Quartet in A major opens with a slow introduction, in
vague tonality, in which is heard the interval of a falling fifth,
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with its inversion of a rising fourth; this plays a large part in
the following Allegro and, indeed, throughout the Quartet. This
movement is in sonata form. The second movement is a most original
kind of Scherzo. An agitated syncopated theme is followed by
three free variations and a coda. The Adagio opens with a long
flowing melody of 19 bars sung by the first violin; throughout
this rich and colourful movement Schumann is in his most romantic
mood. The music rises to a passionate climax before its peaceful
close. [The Finale the longest of the four movements, is a rondo.
If Schumann was Eusebius, here he is Florestan, full of life and
vigour.
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The BENTHIEN QUARTET was formed in 1948. Apart from their
own country (the Quartet come from Hamburg) a great reputation
has been established in Britain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway,
Switzerland, Italy, Holland and America. It scored a tremendous
and outstanding success during the 1970-71 season when it visited
the main cities of the U.S.S.R. For the B.B.C. in London alone
in recent years over 30 works from the Quartet's extensive
repertoire have been recorded.
The Society is deeply appreciative of the Assistance toward
the promotion of this Concert given by the Goethe Institute of
York.
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Area, Town Hall
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God THE HUDDERSFIELD MUSIC SOCIETY
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Owing to the cancellation of their tour in England, the Bernede
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Quartet in D major K.575
Quartet
Quartet in C minor (Quartetsatz)
January 19th. FRANCOIS DUCHABLE. Piano Recital
February 9th. THE ORION PIANO TRIO
December 9th. THE GABRIELI STRING QUARTET (Sponsored by Kirklees
Leisure Services)
March 15th. THE NORTHERN SINPHONIA ENSEMBLE
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Season tickets for the remaining 5 concerts £5.00 (double),
£3.00 (single). Single tickets £1.00 from Woods, 67 New Street
and at the door. Student tickets 30p from the School of Music
and at the door.
THE HALIFAX PHILHARMONIC CLUB
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Haydn
Mozart
The National Federation of Music Societies, to which this Society
is affiliated, gives support toward the cost of these concerts
with funds provided by the Arts Council of Great Britain.
Generous support is also given by the Yorkshire Arts Association.
It is an offence (punishable by fine and/or imprisonment) against
the provision of the Dramatic and Musical Performers Protection
Act 1958 to make any recordings of a musical performance without
obtaining the prior written permission of the performers.
Heath Grammar School
Lutoslawski
Schubert
The Emperor Waltz
THE AULOS ENSEMBLE
Saturday November 1st at
7.30
Strauss/Schoenberg
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Fantasia in F minor
Pierrot Lunaire
6.
Tickets £1.00, Students 30p from Mrs. Hanson, 23 The Crescent, co
Hipperholme, Halifax and at the door.
THE HUDDERSFIELD GRAMOPHONE SOCIETY
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Waverley House, New North Road.ra Monday Evenings at 7.30 M
October 20th. President's Evening. Mainly Dvorak
November 3rd. But his real name was... Presented by
Mr. Bryant.
Ravel
Mozart /Goehr
Schoenberg
Wol November 17th. Opera in English. Presented by Mr. Finnery
December 1st. Ravel as Orchestrator.
Presented by
Mr. Haigh.
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Students and Senior
Secretary Mr. D. Bostock, 16 Imperial Road,
Annual Subscription £1.50 (from Jan 1st 90p).
Citizens half fec.
Huddersfield, HD3 3AF.
THE HUDDERSFIELD THE SPIANS
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Welfare Centre, Zetland Street. 17th-22nd November (excepting
Thursday) at 7.30
THE ASPERN PAPERS
by Michael Redgrave
Tickets 30p from Woods, 67 New Street.
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THE NEW BUDAPEST STRING
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Pal Andrassy (Violin)
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Haydn wrote 15 string quartets during the last period of his
life and among these are found some of his finest compositions in Ta
this form. He wrote 6 quartets in 1873; these were the 3 of Op. 71
and the 3 of Op. 74. All are dedicated to Count Apponyi. At this
same period Haydn was deeply involved in orchestral composition and
fresh from experiencing the richness and volume of Salomon's London
orchestra; so it is easy to find in this chamber music a striving
after an almost orchestral type of symphonic sonority. An example
of this occurs in the tremolando which accompanies the great E major
melody of the Largo in this third quartet. Another symphonic device
used in Haydn's symphonies and found only in these quartets, is the
use of an introduction to the first movements. In some cases this
consists merely of a few chords; in others, a short adagio. The
Quartet Op.74 No. 3 known as the Rittquartett, opens with a unison.
passage, eight bars long, which is of great importance throughout
the movement; it appears, indeed, to be so integral a part of the
exposition that one is almost surprised not to hear it again re-
peated at the beginning of the recapitulation. At one point in this
movement, the viola part goes below the cello part. Was Haydn
thinking there again in orchestral terms, with the double bass
supplying the true foundation of the chords?
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These 6 quartets have been hailed as the dawn of romanticism.
In them Haydn makes experiments both in form and key relationship
which point the way forward to that end, Another innovation,
Pagter
found particularly in this third quartet and typical of the
romantic period, is the way in which the second subject is
frequently of greater importance than the first subject.
Especially noteworthy in this quartet is the Largo movement in the
remote key of E major. It has been described as of "Miltonic
grandeur" and it certainly ranks among the finest and most serious
movements which Haydn ever wrote.
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Minuet and Trio
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1961 by the Janacek String Quartet)
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This quartet is the first of a set of 3 written between
1789-90; these were the last quartets which Mozart wrote. They
are known as the Prussian Quartets. The King of Prussia himself
played the cello and though the dedication to him does not appear
in the first edition, it is evident from the prominent part
played by the cello in all three quartets that Mozart had his bas
royal patron in mind. Moreover, for the first quartet the King ones
sent Mozart a kind letter of thanks, a gold snuff box and 100 deert.
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Einstein remarks that "these quartets are slightly e
concertante and yet they are the purest chamber music...these are to
three works that originated under the most dreadful spiritual bolem
oppression and yet rise to the heights of pure felicity". The bear
reference to "oppression of course refers to Mozart's desperate ear
financial position, the long drawn-out uncertainty of obtaining app
suitable position from the Emperor and his wife's constant de TELO
illnesses.
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Though this first quartet is less exuberant and more
delicate than the other two, "all three are instinctive with the
taimed
joy of living". The first and second movements were founded upon
material dating from the happy Milan period, but the Minuet, with
the "royal" solo in the Trio, is completely new. Abert describes
the Finale as "one of the most masterly of Mozart's quartet
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movements". It is a rondo, contrapuntal in style and, as such
typical of Mozart's later instrumental writings. It is made all the
more interesting by the way in which the main theme, on each return
is enriched and embellished, and the more compact and integrated by
the way in which each episode is derived from, and grows out of,
that theme.
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od Lutoslawski, born in Warsaw, is one of the most important of
modern Polish composers, though his reputation rests mainly upon
about a dozen works most of which were written after 1958. He
began to study music at the age of 6. From 1931-33 he studied
mathematics at the Warsaw University and in 1932 he entered the
Warsaw Conservatoire as a student of piano and composition. He
served in the Polish army during the war and during the German
occupation he earned a meagre living for 5 years by playing in
cafes; he also took part in clandestine concerts in private houses.
It was not until 1945 that he was able to devote himself entirely
to composition. Since then he has been deeply devoted to the cause
of contemporary music, particularly Polish, and he has lectured and
taught both in America and in Europe, including the Dartington
Summer School. He has been awarded honorary doctorates in music in
Cleveland, Warsaw and Lancaster (1975). In England his Paroles up
Tissees (1965) was written for Peter Pears and performed at the
Aldeburgh Festival and a cello concerto (1970) was commissioned by
the Royal Philharmonic Society.
Lutoslawski is a composer who works with extreme care and deli-
beration. Most of his early works (he began to compose at the age
of 8) were destroyed during the war. Between 1941-47 he wrote his
symphony No.1. This work was long considered too "intellectual"
because it did not adhere to the neo-classicism of the Polish music
For some
at that time and it was banned during the Stalin regime.
time he made use of the 12-tone method but soon abandoned it. One
of the first most significant works was a Funeral March for string
orchestra (1958) dedicated to the memory of Bartok: this proved to
be the start of his true artistic independence.
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With Jeux Venetiens (1961) for chamber orchestra Lutoslawski
began his explorations into the realm of "aleatory technique". exom
This, in effect, means that the composer sets out completely to
control all the musical elements (form, melody, harmony etc.)
while allowing the players considerable freedom and independance and
with regard to the space an even orderings of the composer's
material or, as it has been described, "the utilisation of chance
without resignation from the full control over the pitch
organisation and the form of the work.
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The String Quartet dating from 1964, makes full use of this
technique. To quote from a letter written by the composer "The
piece consists of a sequence of mobiles which are to be played,
one after another, without any pause if there is no other
indication. Within certain points of time, particular players
perform their parts quite independently of each other. They have
to decide separately about the length of the pauses and about the
way of treating ritenutos and accelerandos". "Such a degree of bom
freedom provides a powerful challenge to the players...for they ods
are cast in the role of independent musicians who are exploring god
the range of their own materials whilst reacting as an ensemble
to the overall structure and traditional patterns of string
quartet form (E. Cowie). The result is a work of incredible
variety, strange, elusive, yet with an absorbing sense of latentob
power (W.R. Sinclair). As regards the layout, the introductory so
movement is almost a precis of the material employed which in the
longer main movement is developed with greater complexity ands of
intensity..
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(Last performed in 1962 by the Tatrai String Quartet)
Between 1812-17 Schubert wrote some 11 string quartets.
These were chiefly intended for some practice and are obviously red
works less mature than the songs and piano pieces of the same (8 to
period, and in which Schubert was gradually feeling his way moonve
toward his ultimante mastery of the form. After 1817 Schubert
wrote no chamber music until 1820 when the quartet movement
appeared. Only a fragment survives of what would possibly have
become the completion of the work. "A whole world divides the
youthful quartets from the quartet fragment of 1820...the string
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quartet which speaks the language of the soul's confessional".
(Kahl)
The
The work opens with a mysterios swelling trenolo which later
yields to a smoother and more peaceful theme; soon the shifting,
everchanging chromatic colourings return until "with the real
second subject comes complete spiritual adjustment, relaxation and
calm and now the yearning for inward peace, expressed by straining
suspensions, suddenly loses all touch with earth and the motion dies
down into calm and measured cadences in an ethereal pianissimo! The
opening tremolos are not repeated after the restless development
section; they are kept for the final bars. Kahl asks if the
peaceful resolution of this conflict was to have been found in the
second movement, a fragment of which is included in the list of
complete works.
THE NEW BUDAPEST STRING QUARTET was formed in 1970 and is
the youngest representative of the world-famous Hungarian tradition
of string quartet playing. The Quartet was a prize winner at the
"Haydn Competition" in Vienna in 1971 and it further increased its
reputation by winning the first prize at the "Carlo Jachino"
international Competition for string quartets in Rome during the d
same year. It appears regularly in Hungary and has toured in dogod
America and throughout Europe. It made its debut last year in
this country.c
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THE GABRIELI STRING QUARTET
Quartet in F major Op.18 No. 1
The Bullfighter's Prayer" for string quartet
Quartet in D major D.887
Beethoven. Hel
Turina
Schubert.
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February 9th,
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The six quartets of Op.18 mark an important stage in the
history of music. They were written 1800-1. Hitherto all
Beethoven's chamber music, with exception of the few string trios,
had been composed for strings in combination with the piano or for
of piano combined with wind instruments. Up to that time Beethoven's
interests, both as a composer and an executant, had been almost sed
ebus exclusively concerned with the piano. Now, come to his full offe
maturity, music for strings alono - in its most porfect form, thot
ed string quartet absorbed all his interest in chamber music, and
the early quartets of Op.18 led to "the last five which represent w
the coping-stone of his whole life's work. Everything he wrote,
do everything ho experienced or achieved, is expressed in this sories
of works" (Bokker).
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composition but placed at the head of the series it is said, byvb
bns the advice of the violinist Schuppanzigh) is the finest of the fam
set; it is the best-known and the best-loved. It is certainly som
the biggest and most impressive. All naturally show the
odd
influence of Haydn and Mozart; but who before Beethoven would
have taken a simple, almost banal, little tune, as in the firstim
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two bars of the opening movement, and could have drawn from it an
entire movement of considerable length and could have polished the
little theme until it "shone like pure gold"?
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The tragic intensity of the Adagio is again remarkable.
Beethoven himself said that it was inspired by the tomb scene in
Romeo and Juliet. "It is rich in its woe of regret and wilful resig-
nation. The curious way in which some of the florid phrases end by
throwing out their last note, as though the arms were thrown up in
wilfully despairing gesture, is, we think, a very uncommon idiom for
music". (Langford). It is notable, too, that so many of Beethoven's
early adagios bear qualifying inscriptions - Largo e mesto, Largo
appassionato, Adagio con gran espressione and, here, Adagio
affecttuoso ed appassionato
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which seem to express his intense desire
to inspire the players to even greater heights of interpretation.
Pe
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La Oración del Torero (The Bullfighter's Prayer) Joaquin Turina
(1882-1949)
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The two final movements are perhaps less remarkable. The Finale
develops into a large sonata-rondo, probably designed to balance the that
on a scale to
scale of the first movement.
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(First performance at these Concerts)
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Turina was born at Seville and studied there and at Madrid; later
he went to Paris to study under d'Indy. He devoted much of his time to
teaching as well as composition. He has often been compared with de
Falla;
their style is different but both men shared a serious attitude
to music as an art and not merely as a diversion. Perhaps his best-
known work is the brilliant orchestral Procession del Roccio", but he
was deeply interested in chamber music and wrote many songs.
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Few Spanish composers have succeeded in writing music that
appeals to more than a nationalistic audience. Turina, though his out-
put is small, was one of the few who did succeed in evolving an idiom
which blends Spanish and foreign elements. His chamber music may be
divided into three groups: those bearing no distinctive mark of
nationalism; those in which nationalism predominates; and a third and
most significant group, though also a very small one, which includes
the Bullfighter's Prayer. In these Turina succeeds in blending his
own nationalistic musical origins with a wider, more cosmopolitan ·
musical language. The short movement entitled La Oracion del Torero
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lasts only for eight minutes, but, besides being in itself
absolute music that needs no extra programme, it is as well fiercly
evocative of the nervous tension that accompanies a bullfighter's
we preparation for the bullfight and yet provides an insight into that
particularly Spanish reverence for a sport which may seem to out-
siders no more than a brutal spectacle paralleled only by ancient
Roman circuses". (By courtesy of Messrs. H.H.H.) B
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Schubert is known to have written 19 string quartets of
which 3 are lost and 4 are incomplete. Of the remainder, all
but 3 were written between the ages of 15 and 19 and were
primarily intended for house performance. In the summer of on
1826 and within the space of 10 days, Schubert wrote this, his
last quartet. It is believed that its first movement was
performed at the Celebrated Invitation Concert in March 1828;
in the same year Schubert offered it with other works in vain
to the publisher Schott. It was not published until 1851. [datao
Isus It has been said that Schubert's string quartets are in tud
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essentially orchestral in character.
This, if true, might
certainly apply to the G major quartet. "The outward indi-org
cations of the "orchestral" character of the work are apparent
in the unison passages, in the agitated tremoli in melody and
accompaniment, in the groupings of question and answer.
These groupings are admittedly connected with the fact that
the first movement, in particular, is entirely dependent upon
the interplay of harmonic light and shade, upon the inter-
change of major and minor within the narrowest compass".
(Einstein). Another notable feature of this quartet is the way
in which, in another sense, Schubert treats this work as pure
chamber music. "There is nowhere any trace of a leading idea,
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of a song used to bring unity into all movements as in the 1824
quartets. Schubert's quartet writing again dependent on itself, on
the pure musical material and treatment". (Kahl).
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The first movement is in sonata form with an unusually lengthy
exposition. It is dominated by the alternation of the major and
minor keys, which process is reversed in the recapitulation, thus
changing the whole character. Einstein asserts that the slightly
agitated Andante in E flat "became the model for many of Brahms's
movements, romances or orchestral ballados in which an olegiac melody
predominates in the bass with decorative ombroidery by the other
instruments and with a change of colour provided by an agitated
alterivo". The calm of this movement is twice brokon by violent
outbursts which end with harmonios so strange that somo critics have
compared them with the harmonies of Bartok. In the Schorzo (B minor)
with its Trio (G major) which ressomblos a Lander, Einstoin finds LAENDER
something of Schumann's capriciousness. Kahl calls it a "phantom
from the regions of ghostly romance".as orgelIA
The Finale is a lengthy rondo, full of invention and of bound-
loss energy, violent in rhythm and adventurous in harmony.
It again,
like the first movoment, alternates between the major and minor
koys. It ends with a coda in G major. This is, porhaps, Schubort's
finost quartet with its mastorful and assured handling, its cohesion
its wide sweep, its bold ideas and, above all, the endless fertility
of his invention.
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established itself as not only the leading young Quartet in England
but also as one of the finest in Europe. The Quartet's regular annual
series of concerts at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall is received with
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great enthusiasm by public and critics alike as are its concerts
throughout Europe. The Quartet's Vienna debut last year was an out-
standing success, soon followed by a tour of Austria. This year the
Quartet will be travelling further afield to Australia and the U.S.
as well as returning to many countries in Europe. The Quartet
records exclusively for Decca.
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Thirty-two Variations in C minor on an original theme
(Q81-0181) atgon
(Last performed in 1967 by Allan Schiller)
Beethoven used the variation form very frequently. For piano
alone and piano in conjunction with other instruments, he left 29
sets, some based on an original theme, others upon a theme chosen
by him. Added to this, there is his use of the variation form in
sonatas, quartets, trios and symphonies. It was a form well-
suited to his type of genius, not only because of his extraordinary
powers in the realm of thematic development but also because of the
way in which he was able to present the essential core of his
thought in different guises. It would be no exaggeration to saytq
that Beethovon, with sole exception of Bach and his Goldbergo mi
Variations, was the first and greatest master of this form.sod 3 tw
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Beethoven (1770-1827).
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fruitful poriod in Beethoven's life, including, as it does, the toge
piano concerto in G, the violin concerto in D, the fourth symphony
and the Appassionata sonata.
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There are three main forms of variation. First (and weakest)
with the theme preserved throughout with mere changes of
accompaniment above or below it; second, the preservation of the
harmonic basis with the changing and adornment of the melody; and
third, a type peculiar to Beethoven, when everything is changed
and yet the individual theme remains subtly present. Beethoven
used all three methods, the second being his favourite form.
Variations belong to the second group but so firmly and consistently
does the bass appear, moving with the strong steps of a ground-bass
that they might almost be called a Chaconne; and the theme (an
original one) is itself in Chacone time. Indeed, the very short-
ness of that theme eight bars lends itself to that treatment.
These
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In spite of this brevity, the work is a model of coherence; each
variation follows perfectly the preceding one and, in turn is
itself followed by another equally complementary. Further unity
is given by the way in which variations are grouped together in
spirit as much as in treatment. The twelfth variation is the
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first in the major key and the four that follow are variations
upon that variation, forming a central block, comparable to a
slow movement in the centre of the work and giving to the whole
both contrast and form. The coda really starts with the thirty-
first variation.
Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52
Nocturne in D flat major Op. 27
Mazurka in F sharp minor
Three Etudes Op. 25tem
No. 10 in B minor
No. 11 in A minor
No. 12 in C minor
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The Nocturnes reveal one side of Chopin's nature, perhaps
considered by many to be the most characteristic and beautiful,
but certainly not showing the strength and imagination found in
his greater works. Without doubt they are the most pianistic
works ever written for the piano and it is impossible to imagine
their
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Ballades of Chopin, should not be confused with traditional
ballad poetry. Chopin used this title for four of his works
pieces of music which are free and declamatory in form, romantic
in conception, strongly coloured with national feeling and filled
with beauty. He himself stated that they were inspired by the
pooms of Mickiewicz, the Polish poet and friend of Chopin who
spent his exile in France and whose poems were founded upon the
rich store of Polish tradition and legend. Chopin indicated
the poems by which the first three Ballades were inspired, but
the fourth one remained unidentified. This fourth Ballade
(1843) is perhaps the most difficult and elusive, as well as
the richest and most elaborate. Langford called "a direct
lament, told at first in a melody that is like a speaking sigh.
With figuration of this melody seem to enter the land of
marvels once more, though the note of romantic lament is never
broken in all the long and brilliant climax and coda".
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The Mazurka is a Polish dance of moderate tempo dating from at
least the 16th century. A characteristic of the rhythm is the
tendancy of the strong accent not to fall on the first beat of the
bar. Chopin wrote 51 Mazurkas in all. They are rightly considered
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to be the most characteristic of all his works in which the
national fooling is most intensely conveyed. The Polish
temperament, marked by the sudden contrasting of moods, here finds
its fullest expression. These Mazurkas are full of the unexpected
and harmonically are most daring and advanced.
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The collection of Studies of Op. 25 were published in 1837 but
it is certain that both these and the Studies of Op. 10 were
composed over a rather lengthy period. These works bring an entirely
new concoption to the title "study"; technical problems abound but
their aesthetic qualities are even greater. They have a freshness
and healthy vigour not always found in Chopin's music.god orcio Int
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The Toccata was composed in 1830, revised in 1833 and published
in 1834. It, therefore belongs to the period 1830-39 when all of
Schumann's production consisted of piano compositions. Schumann had
great difficulty in completing it to his own satisfaction and, later,
in finding a publisher. The Toccata is a pure virtuoso piece rot
lacking many of the poetic qualities which are found in so much of
his work. Of it, the composer himself once said "perhaps one of the
most difficult of piano pieces". Most musical of Toccatas, it is iv
written in fairly strict sonata form.
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The eight pieces of Fantasiestucke were composed in 1837; they
were dedicated to Anna Robina Laidlaw, an Englishwoman and a
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important in the history of piano music. L'Isle joyeuse (1904) edh
was inspired by Watteau's Embarquement pour Cythere. It is onerad bas
brilliant and gay but undoubtedly virtuoso writing.. It has been
described as "a pleasure-seekers revel". Soiree dans Granade
(1903) shows Debussy's first mastery of the impressionistic genre.
It is one of a set of three pieces, probably the best of them.
L'Isle joyeuse
Soiree dans Granade (Estampes)
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ful close when the inhabitants refresh themselves with song and foris
dance, with the sound of a serenader thrumming his mandoline.com bas
De Falla called it "characteristically Spanish in every detail"yet
at that time, Debussy had never visited the country.
Ravel (1875-1937)
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the line of Henri de Regnier "Dieu fluvial viant de l'eau qui
le chatouille". It is perhaps the most original of modern French
piano music. The piece caused amazement when it first appeared;
diatonic passages are opposed to strange new harmonies with a
suggestion of polytonality. But all that can be forgotten in
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the rainbow waters.
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fourth of a suite of pieces called Miroirs. In it the Spanish h
spirit, so alluring to Ravel, is everywhere present. It is
perhaps the most popular of the set and, with its brilliant
virtuosity, it has appealed to
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seen in a mirror - that
mirror being the artist's soul". It also reveals one of Ravel's
guiding principles: "to him the greatest art was a reflection
of roality rather than an exact duplication of the original.
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important prizes. His concert career is now well under way.
Arthur Rubinstein has written of him that at 22 "he is already
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Chamber music, as the name implies, was originally secular ser
instrumental music written for performance in the home as opposed to
the vast bulk of music written for the church or for religious
occasions. It was largely a matter of home music-making by amateurs
until the complexities of Beethoven's chamber works demanded the
skill of the professional musician. Its origin really sprang from
the works of Kuhnau (1667) and taken a further step by C.P.E. Bach.
From these two composers Haydn derived his inspiration and knowledge,
which in turn led the way to the works of Mozart. With Haydn the
piano trio is, in effect, a violin and piano sonata with the cello
part merely doubling and strengthening the bass. With Mozart the
cello begins to assume its modern importance and to take its place
equally in the dialogue of the instruments. Mozart's earliest trios
were closely akin to divertimenti and, indeed, were so entitled.
The Trio in G (1786), contemporaneous with his piano quartets, was
the first to be called a Trio.
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The Trio in C, K.548, together with a second (K.564) were the
last that he wrote; they appeared in 1788. It is obvious that to
Mozart the trio was a form of losser importance than the quartet,
being slighter in character and usually with a virtuoso-like piano
part. They were really composed for special occasions, such as
parties for his friends, which helps to give thom their delightful
lightness and elegance.
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The Trio to be played tonight has a first movement in
apparently simple sonata form but the development section is full
of variety and imagination. The slow movement, the most out-
standing of the three, is lyrical in character; it has been
described as "endlessly moving in its soft and religious texture".
The final Rondo's description is "a graceful bit of rococo in the
French style".
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It is most interesting to listen to a piano trio by
Beethoven immediately after one by Mozart. One can then fully
realise how much further Beethoven has taken this form. Now the
instruments each has its own freedom and individuality and the
tonal effect is much more finely balanced. The problems of this
balance remains to this day and a piano trio demands the nicest
of judgement both from the composer and the performers.
Beethoven left six piano trios. The first three were early
works published in 1795. During the next 13 years Beethoven
used the piano chiefly as a virtuoso concert instrument or as a
solo instrument allowing free improvisation; but his interest
in purely string ensembles, on a different aesthetic basis,
grew and culminated in the quartets of Op.59 (1807). 1808 saw
the appearance of the two trios of Op.70. In 1811 the last
trio Op.97 was written.
There is a hint, not very fully confirmed, that both the
trios of Op.70 were really intended to take the form of piano
sonatas. Indeed the structure of No.2, with "its delicate
transitions of mood and almost idyllic, gay, emotional
character points toward the coming piano works". This happy
mood prevails throughout the entire work and it is noticeable
that, although there are four movements, yet the slow movement
is entirely omitted. In spite of this, thanks to its superb
mastery of form and key, Tovey declared this trio to be "one
of Beethoven's profoundest works". Though it has no movement
comparable to the slow movement of No.1, it is indeed through-
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The first movement opens very unusually in a trio, with a slow
introduction. The second can be described as a kind of double
variation; two themes, one major and one minor, are used alternately.
The third movement, neither a Minuet nor a Scherzo, is nearer to the
waltz, with a trio in which the piano and strings are used
antiphonally and great richness of effect is given by much double-
stopping for the strings. The Finale has its second subject in G,
a most unconventional choice of key.
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Ravel was born in the Basque village of Ciboure. His father was
a Swiss engineer, born near Annecy and deeply interested in music,
who at one time contemplated adopting the career of a concert pianist.
His mother was born at Ciboure where for generations her people had
been seafaring folk. So that although Ravel is accounted to be one
of the great French composers, his links both with the Swiss and the
Basques were very strong. The family lived in Paris where Raveluda
attended the Conservatoire, but throughout his life he continued to
return to the Basque countryside.
Ravel's output was relatively small. A perfectionist, he did
not allow a work to appear until his acute and fastidious faculty
was satisfied. Faure was his master and from him he learnt his sense
of form and his delicate feeling for texture. His music may not have
the sensuous beauty of the music of Debussy but it has a clarity, a
rhythm and a colouring all its own. Ravel's one string quartet was
written in 1902 but it was not until 1915 that the Trio appeared.
"In this composition Ravel admitted that he was inspired by the early
trios of Saint-saens at least in the form of the work. Ravel's
trio, however, is much simpler in outline; it is remarkable for the
clearness of its style and for the depths which it achieves through
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stark simplicity. He here dispenses with everything which is not
absolutely essential; in general form the Trio continues in the
direction taken first by "Valses nobles et sentimentales". Roland-
Manuel says that it possesses a "magisterial character" far
removed from the melancholy ardour of the String Quartet. He
adds that Ravel often said he would willingly have exchanged the w
savoir of his trio for the pouvoir of his more youthful Quartetss
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The Trio in A minor, though based on a well-tried
combination of instruments, is, however full of freshness of idea
and treatment. As in the Quartet the first movement is of
"aphoristic compression yet faithful to the spirit of the classic
plan". The first theme has a striking rhythmic effect in the
division of the 4/4 measure into groups of 3 and 5 quavers. The
second movement "Pantoum", an Eastern dance, is a fantastic
scherzo. The "Passacaille" (an old dance founded on a ground
bass) is less interesting, but the Finale, in 5/4 and 774 time,
has brilliancy and vigour which lead to a striking climax.
Throughout the piano part is written with great skill and
understanding, but much of the originality of the work lies in
the way in which the strings are treated with equal authority
and power.
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Sextet No. 1 in B flat Op.18
Prelude and Scherzo Op.11
Octet in E flat Op.20
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Allegro ma non troppo
Andante ma moderato.
Allegro molto
Poco allegro e grazioso
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Antony Cullen)
Brahms (1833-1897)
Brahms was nearly thirty when he composed the first of his two
string sextets and it was, in fact, his first published work for
strings alone: another ten years passed before he tackled the even
more demanding medium of the string quartet. This sextet, whose first
performance was lod by Joachim, Brahms's friend and adviser, was an
immediate success and did much to establish his fame.
Mordw
Although the sextet is in chamber music terms a large ensemble,
in this work it never becomes unwieldy although at times Brahms
achieves the rich sonority of a string orchestra. The first movement
is in characteristic 3/4 time, and is all - or nearly all
Gemutlichkeit, with memorable themes that are sheer joy for string
players to play, some pre-echoing the lyrical beauties of the violin
concerto of 1879. But it is perhaps the lyrical second subject played
over pizzicato accompaniment, which captivates most of all.
A proud theme announced by the first viola forms the basis for
a set of variations (Andante ma moderato), the stern D minor mood
being maintained for some time; the music becomes less urgent as D
major is reached, although the theme remains confidently poised in
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its original form. A magical variation for the first viola
follows before the first cello takes up the minor key again; but
the transformation earlier to the major has had its effect, and
the movement ends with all passion spent.
The third movement is a very brief, vigorous scherzo with a
faster trio section and an even quicker coda.
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The finale is a rondo (Poco allegretto e grazioso)
favourite marking this, which Brahms in fact often used for his
scherzo movements), the theme undergoing subtle transformation
as the instruments take it up in turn. A quicker pizzicato
passage marks the start of the coda.
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Shostakovich (1906-1975)
The death of Dimitri Shostakovich last year has robbed music
of one of its most prolific and versatile composers, one whose
works have done much to bridge the cultural gap between East and
West - an achievement not attained without some difficulty. His
earlier career was marred by conflict with the Soviet authorities
and their attempts, during the Stalin era, to dictate an
inflexible party line to Russian artists. The two pieces for
string octet were written at about the same time as his first
symphony (1924/25) which was to make him famous throughout the
musical world; that is to say, while he was still a student at
the Leningrad Conservatoire.
The passionate intensity of the Adagio sections of the
Prelude, drawing strength from its Bach-inspired outlines, is
characteristic of Shostakovich's highly personal idiom, an idiom
which was to find increasingly dramatic expression as his career
progressed. The centre section is in a faster tempo, its
staccato quavers culminating in a short cadenza for the leader
of the ensemble..
The Allegro molto is angular and fiercly dissonant, the
driving rhythms, mocking glissandi and harsh chording showing the
young composer experimenting with techniques imbibed from eminent
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contempories such as Hindemith and Prokofiev. The excitement so
generated was to become typical of many of the string quartets, a
medium which occupied him, along with the symphony, throughout his
life. Not all the quartet movements, however, are as grimly humorous
as this powerful Scherzo. These two pieces, incidentally can some-
times be heard in an effective arrangement for full string orchestra.
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Noel Broome also
Octet in E flat Op.20
III.
Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Allegro moderato ma con fuoco
Andante
Scherzo (Allegro leggierissimo)
Finale (Presto)
COME
First performed in 1825 at a private concert in the home of
Mendelssohn and his parents, the octet is a remarkable achievement
for a youth, even one as precociously gifted as Mendelssohn. From an
early age he had been accustomed to playing and hearing chamber music
at home, and he in fact played the second viola part in the Octet's
first public performance in 1836. It was written for, and dedicated
to, a violinist friend Eduard Rietz. The ensemble is unusually large
for a chamber music work, but only rarely does the combined sound of
eight stringed instruments verge on the orchestral; for the most part
Mendelssohn's judgement in balancing different groups of players and
creating sonorous but clear textures is infallible.
1) The first movement is finely proportioned, full of stormy
brilliance, contrasting melodic ideas and powerful climaxes;
particularly impressive is the build-up heralding the recapitulation.
The first violin's rising quaver figure, heard at the outset, brings
the movement to an exhilarating close.
2) Mendelssohn's admiration for Bach emerges in the wonderful
polyphonic writing of this Andante, with its subtle interweaving of
melodic lines, but the frequent changes of mood from serenity to
passionato intensity leaves us in no doubt that this music belongs
to the Romantic period.
3) "Leggierissimo" means, of course, "as lightly as possible"
This mercurial movement, inspired, it is said, by lines from Goethe's
Faust describing the "floating clouds and training mist" and the elfin
revels of Walpurgisnacht, is obviously a precursor of Mendelssohn's
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Midsummer Night's Dream, music written shortly afterwards. Poquedop
4) Mendelssohn was also a great admirer of Beethoven
he
even modelled one of his quartets (Op.13) directly upon one of the
late quartets of Beethoven and the latter's influence is
discernible at times in certain passages of this Finale. The
cellos begin the hectic fugue, in their lowest register, and this
vigorous quaver figure is taken up in turn by the other instruments
and continues to dominate the movement. There are characteristic
touches, such as long, melodic lines run over busy, though not
subdued, accompaniments, but the bustling quavers carry the move
ment through to a stirring and triumphant conclusion.
Noel Broome.
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Limited)
THE ENSEMBLE which is drawn from the Northern Sinfonia
Orchestra, occupies a unique place in the musical life of Great
Britain. The stability of the personel of the Orchestra for many
years, and its policy of appointing instrumentalists of solo and
chamber music calibre, have produced a group of musicians capable
of giving first class performances of more than a hundred works
for anything from one to fifteen players.
THE HUDDERSFIELD MUSIC SOCIETY
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Area, Town Hall.
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Monday Evenings at 7.30
Season 1976-77
October 18th. ANDRAS SCHIFF (Prizewinner Leeds International Piano
Competition).
November 8th.
KEITH SWALLOW and the AMPHION WIND QUINTET
DELME STRING QUARTET
00 29th.
January 24th. CECIL ARONOWITZ (Viola) and NICOLA GRUNBERG (Piano)
February 14th. BARTOK STRING QUARTET
March 14th. LINDSAY STRING QUARTET and THOMAS IGLOY (Cello)
The National Federation of Music Societies, to which this Socioty
is affiliated, gives support toward the cost of these concerts with
funds provided by the Arts Council of Great Britain..
Generous support is also given by the Yorkshire Arts Association...
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Kirklees Park
(By kind permission of Sir John and Lady Armytage)
June 12th at 7.45 for 8 p.m.
THE LINDSAY STRING QUARTET
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Works by Haydn, Mozart and Beothoven.
Tickets £3.00 to include champagne, wine tasting and light
refreshments. Details from the Yorkshire Arts Association.
Town Hall
Saturday, May 22nd.
7.30 p.m.
The Huddersfield Arts Council present Four Pianos (Eight
Pianists)
Tickets Balcony £1, area 50p from Woods, 67 New Street.
THE HALIFAX PHILHARMONIC CLUB
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Lecture Hall, Harrison House, Harrison Road. Saturday, 20th
March at 7.30.
THE LINDSAY STRING QUARTET
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Quartet in G minor Op.74 No. 3
Quartet No. 2
Quartet in D minor (Death and the Maiden)
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Haydn
Tippott
Schubert
Single tickets £1, Students 30p from Mrs. Hanson,
9
23 The Croscent,
Hipporholmo,
Halifax, and at the door.
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Waverley House, New North Road.
THE HUDDERSFIELD GRAMOPHONE SOCIETY
6.
March 29th. From Renaussence to Baroque
April 5th. Scientists and Music
Technical Evening
April 26th.
May 3rd.
Music from the New World
Y.M.C.A. Thoatre
OF
Annual Subscription
Citizens half fee. Secretary: Mr. D. Bostock,
16 Imperial Road,
HD3 3AF.
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Monday Evenings at 7.30
THE HUDDERSFIELD THESPIANS
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£1.50 (from Jan 1st 90p) Students and Senior
Tickets 30p from Woods, 67 New Street.
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(Mr. Battye)
(Mr. Raw)
(Mr. Bostock)
(Mr. Serotsky)
Red Peppers
Fumed Oak
Ways and Means
Three One Act Plays by Noel Coward
March 22nd - 27th at 7.30
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