We have had a lovely summer of playing in festivals with All Angels, Hayley Westenra and Sir Willard White. I also did a couple of concertos in St Martin in the Fields, took my niece to the Aquarium, and saw 3 different versions of the Wizard of Oz! With my other niece, I had a dilemma. I had planned to take her to see Beethoven's 4th piano concerto at the Proms, but at the last minute realised Kylie was on at the o2 arena. Kylie won. Sorry Beethoven.
Natalia is back from Portugal, so quartet is now reheasing again every day. It's our 10th anniversary, so we are celebrating with lots of concerts! We are currently reheasing Shostakovich's 8th Quartet for a concert soon, and we are also preparing for a competition in Amsterdam in November. One of the pieces we have to learn is called 'What's the Fastest way out of Here?'!!
Last weekend we went to record a brand new compostition by David Knotts in Bournemouth. It was for children's choir, string quartet, mandolin and descant recorder - not your usual combination but very fun. I had just returned from a week's holiday in the South of France so hadn't played my violin for a week, but decided it actually did me more good than practising!
I'm really excited about our latest CD project. We are re releasing our Dreaming CD in new packaging, using paper which can be planted and it grows into wildflowers! Release on November 10th in HMV, Amazon etc so watch this space!
We also have a CD of forgotten Gershwin songs coming out on October 27th- recorded by Victoria Hart. They're the ones I went to research in the Library of Congress back in March. Due to approaching deadlines, and with us all on holiday at different times, I ended up recording all 4 parts on one track - even playing viola!!
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