Israeli Chamber Project | Fritz Kreisler: String Quartet in A minor

[@jadefrog9444]

Absolutely wonderful!

[@christopherbonds9553]

Absolutely marvelous performance! The work deserves to be better known.

[@icp]

Thanks, Christopher. We agree that the piece deserves more attention.

[@cloud101787]

My first time hearing this piece, I only caught part of it on Performance Today on the radio. Glad to catch the whole thing here!

[@icp]

cloud101787 thanks for listening!!

[@javiercarrasco8407]

Bravo!

[@kaij3921]

15:55 : 3rd movement - Einleitung und Romanze

[@tomteague5047]

Absolutely wonderful performance of a gorgeous work. I’m ordering a set of parts, but fear it may be too difficult for even good amateurs to play well.

[@icp]

Go for it! And let us know how it’s going.

[@tomteague5047]

@@icp Thank you for your encouragement - parts now ordered!

[@tomteague5047]

The parts arrived just in time for our quartet session this evening. We sight-read through it and loved it. It's more fun to play than we expected - a real players' composition. We didn't take the second movement at full speed, and we had to stop a few times, but we had a great time and I'd like to try and work it up a bit. For me (cellist), the hardest passage is the 13th bar of the Molto moderato section of the second movement - I haven't yet worked out a good fingering. Your cellist makes it sound easy - light and agile.

[@tomteague5047]

Think I've got it. The trick is to play the start of that bar on the A string, go into 6th position on the G#, stay in that position and do the demisemiquaver run across the strings using thumb and second finger, ending up with the third finger playing the final A on the G string.

[@icp]

@@tomteague5047 Sounds like you're well on your way. Enjoy the process!

[@robotnik77]

Should be performed more frequently. Too bad it's virtually unknown.

[@icp]

We agree!

[@kaij3921]

ikr! i think we’re going to try playing the third movement for my high school quartet :}