Jacksons, Monk & Rowe and the Brodsky Quartet - the formative years Thomas Jacqueline
Jacksons, Monk & Rowe and the Brodsky Quartet - the formative years Thomas Jacqueline How many ten-year-olds form a string quartet which goes on to world renown and lasts for half a century (and…
Specifikacia Jacksons, Monk & Rowe and the Brodsky Quartet - the formative years Thomas Jacqueline
Jacksons, Monk & Rowe and the Brodsky Quartet - the formative years Thomas Jacqueline
How many ten-year-olds form a string quartet which goes on to world renown and lasts for half a century (and counting)?In the industrial heartland of the North East, Middlesbrough is frequently dubbed the arsehole of England, the least-desirable place to live. Her memoir tells the story of the first ten formative years, with insight into the passion and fervour surrounding music-making on all levels, many amusing and sometimes hilarious extracts from her teen diaries, the single-minded obsession with their Art and the ambition Yet there, in the seventies, was a thriving classical music scene out of which emerged the world-famous Brodsky Quartet who, now approaching their 50th anniversary, have built a starlit reputation for their live performances and over 70 acclaimed recordings.Jacqueline Thomas is the little girl who began this quartet and she remains its cellist to this day.