Music as Minimalism – Smith Quartet

Smith Quartet
Ian Humphries – Violin I
Rick Koster – Violin II
Charles Mutter – Viola
Sophie Harris – Cello

Stravinsky – Three Pieces for String Quartet
Tailleferre – String Quartet
Gavin Bryars – String Quartet No.4
Phillip Glass – String Quartet No.3 “Mishima”
Arvo Pärt – Summa

The Smith Quartet perform a programme inspired by minimalism – with quartets written by Phillip Glass, Gavin Bryars and Arvo Pärt created from the constant repetition of motives – something that is present in Stravinsky’s Three Pieces written in 1914. Stravinsky – Three Pieces was inspired by the famous vaudeville star, Little Tich – who grew up in Cudham, Kent and performed in many local pubs. The concert also includes a rarely heard Quartet by Germaine Tailleferre who was a member of Les Six – a collective of avant garde composers based in Paris in the 1920’s.