The Smith Quartet. Britain’s premiere contemporary string ensemble.
London
Joined September 2008
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With Gavin Bryars just before the premiere of his 4th Quartet in Pisa Italy February 2020. We will be performing this piece tomorrow 1pm at @musicatmalling along with Stravinsky, Tailleferre, Glass and Part. It’s a great programme!
This Wednesday 23rd September 1pm at @musicatmalling we will be performing a great programme featuring Stravinsky, Tailleferre, Philip Glass, Gavin Bryars and Arvo Part.…
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Really enjoying preparing the string quartet by Germaine Tailleferre, the only female member the group of composers known as Les Six for our concert at Music at Malling… See more

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Very much looking forward to our concert 23rd September 1pm @musicatmalling Stravinsky, Tailleferre, Bryars, Glass and Part. Great programme and lovely venue!
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Very much looking forward to our concert 23rd September 1pm @musicatmalling Stravinsky, Tailleferre, Bryars, Glass and Part. Great programme and lovely venue!
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#music #classical #inspire #kent #newmusic
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Check out our concerts this September that bring outstanding musicians into the heart of the community in and around West Malling, Kent🎶🎶
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Many thanks to the wonderful @musicatmalling festival for inviting the SQ and Else Torp to premiere Gavin Bryars Quartet no 5 along with the seminal Quartet no 2 by Arnold Schoenberg.
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Rehearsals sounding fabulous for @thesmithquartet and @ElseTorp amazing new work by @Gavin_Bryars premiered at 1pm today in the iconic setting of Malling Abbey.
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Not to be missed. Fabulous music played brilliantly!
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Lovely launch party yesterday. Now the music begins with @marianconsort in the iconic setting of Malling Abbey. Tonight @cdomaine perform with Mark Padmore - Schubert, Brahms and Schoenberg! Not to be missed! Tickets on door!
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Epic concert last night with the brilliant Mark Padmore and @cdomaine #schubert #brahms #schoenberg Such a great concert… More today! Tickets on door.
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Lovely interview with our artistic director @TDPKemp on BBC Radio Kent nestling between top pop tracks!
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Music@Malling begins tomorrow! Lots of fab events.
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Wonderful day @NTIghthamMote with @StGeorgesKent writing and performing a piece based on the wonderfully evocative picture The Unicorn in the Garden by Ana Maria Pacheco. Such a great day! Well done everyone!
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Arnold Schoenberg b otd 150 years ago! Whatever one thinks of the music - a major figure, and great musician:
"I find that the expression, "atonal music," is most unfortunate — it is on a par with calling flying "the art of not falling," or swimming "the art of not drowning."
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The fabulous @connaughtbrass perform Baroque music alongside 20th century Broadway hits by Kurt Weill and Leonard Bernstein.
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Looking forward to the world premiere of @Gavin_Bryars String Quartet No5 performed by long-time collaborators @thesmithquartet and soprano Else Torp.
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The concert is held in the iconic setting of Malling Abbey - with stunning buildings from the 11th century through to the present day.
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Schoenberg is Composer of the Week on BBC Radio 3 this week. Fabulous daily programmes with @KateMolleson @BBCRadio3
Music@Malling have programmed some of Schoenberg’s greatest works from the Piano Pieces Op.19 through to Ode to Napoleon written at the height of the Second World War.
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Fabulous artists performing in historic venues.
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Happy birthday, Arvo Pärt! Creator of pure beauty.
"I could compare my music to white light which contains all colours. Only a prism can divide the colours and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener."
"Silence is the pause in me when I am near to God."
