Spent the weekend in Oxford at the Jacqueline du Pre concert hall performing and then recording the song cycle we commissioned in 2013 from almost 20 collaborators - composers and poets - for the Derry-Londonderry City of Culture and the City of London Festival. Ian Richie, who was one of the brains behind the whole concept and materialisation of the work, came to hear the performance so there was a real spirit of reunion. Lore Lixenburg is such a hoot and a fantastic artist, to sing in so many languages and be able to sound like a medieval chanter one minute and a mid-European peasant the next! On returning home I was delighted to receive this email from a family who attended the concert:
Dear Brodsky Quartet
Thank you for the amazing concert you gave in Oxford last Friday. I keep thinking about it. We were there with our two children. My daughter summed it up when said that you "played better than I thought it was possible to play!"
Warm regards,
Jane
This kind of feedback makes our work more even meaningful and satisfying.
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