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FITZWILLIAM APPOINTS NEW CELLIST
The FSQ is thrilled to announce that Ursula Smith agreed to join the quartet on 14 October.
Lucy, Andrew, and Alan - indeed, everyone connected with the quartet - welcomes her with open arms!
FITZWILLIAM TO RECORD LATE BEETHOVEN
The quartet's projected complete Beethoven cycle for Decca came to an unexpectedly early end in 1986, following the premature retirement of both Christopher Rowland and his successor Daniel Zisman. Nearly 40 years later, they will follow Opp.127/133, 130, 132, and 135 with perhaps the greatest of them all - the C sharp minor (Op.131) - coupled with a re-make of his next and final quartet, the F major (Op.135). Following their release of Schubert's own last quartet (the G major, D.887) on gut strings, they will resume their exploration of works from 1826 Vienna with a further attempt to re-create the sounds and performing practices of that time.
FITZWILLIAM TO COMPLETE RECORDING OF CHAMBER WORKS BY IAN STEPHENS
In February the quartet will return to Wyastone studios for the postponed second instalment of this pioneering project of music by one of our most important living composers: with the clarinet quintet and string quartet Springhead Echoes already in the can, they will team up with the distinguished oboist Jonathan Small for Ian's Oboe Quintet, together with his atmospheric string quartet North Country.
fitzqtet@gmail.com
FITZWILLIAM APPOINTS NEW CELLIST
The FSQ is thrilled to announce that Ursula Smith agreed to join the quartet on 14 October.
Lucy, Andrew, and Alan - indeed, everyone connected with the quartet - welcomes her with open arms!
FITZWILLIAM TO RECORD LATE BEETHOVEN
The quartet's projected complete Beethoven cycle for Decca came to an unexpectedly early end in 1986, following the premature retirement of both Christopher Rowland and his successor Daniel Zisman. Nearly 40 years later, they will follow Opp.127/133, 130, 132, and 135 with perhaps the greatest of them all - the C sharp minor (Op.131) - coupled with a re-make of his next and final quartet, the F major (Op.135). Following their release of Schubert's own last quartet (the G major, D.887) on gut strings, they will resume their exploration of works from 1826 Vienna with a further attempt to re-create the sounds and performing practices of that time.
FITZWILLIAM TO COMPLETE RECORDING OF CHAMBER WORKS BY IAN STEPHENS
In February the quartet will return to Wyastone studios for the postponed second instalment of this pioneering project of music by one of our most important living composers: with the clarinet quintet and string quartet Springhead Echoes already in the can, they will team up with the distinguished oboist Jonathan Small for Ian's Oboe Quintet, together with his atmospheric string quartet North Country.
Fitzwilliam appointed quartet-in-residence at Clare Hall, Cambridge
In October 2022 the members of the Quartet were each elected Fellow Commoners "with enthusiasm!" by the Governing Body of Clare Hall, Cambridge: "awarded to members who make, and continue to make, a conspicuous and exceptional contribution to College Life" - thus confirming their new appointment as Resident Quartet at the College. They began active work there with a concert on 8 January, which included Beethoven's visionary C sharp minor Quartet (Op.131). Further concerts took place in February, May, and July last year - and they have just completed a second season there. Plans are now afoot for masterclasses, workshops, and chamber music coaching, plus a new series of study sessions with Richard Wigmore, already launched in January.
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