One of the world's top quartets, playing some of the best instruments in the world (The Paganini Quartet), in one of the best acoustics in the country, in a programme of Italian music, how could it be anything but fantastic?
In the first half they presented the delightful Boccherini Quartet Op. 2 No. 6 followed by the only quartet Verdi wrote, another lovely piece, almost like a film score in parts but very definitely not just a reworking of operatic themes. It was playful, light and elegant.
The second half was a lot more serious, starting with Puccini's single movement Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums, in Italy traditionally associated with mourning) a slow memoriam followed by Respighi's String Quartet No 3 where playfulness interweaves with much deeper themes.
It was a tremendous concert showing that Italian music doesn't have to take a back seat to the heavyweights of Germany and Austria, a point emphasised by the lollipop, a piece of froth from some Salzburg born dilettante.
Quartetto di Cremona
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Re: Quartetto di Cremona
Where was it, Simon?
Yes this is the real "Little John" (or it could be "colin")
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Wiltshire Music Centre.
Children are like Slinkys - not much use for anything, but it always brings a smile to your face when you throw them down the stairs. Chinchilla