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The String Quartet

wed 7 apr 2021 10:00 hour
Composer: Ethel Smyth

Presented by Leo Samama.

Today, we will focus on two British women who became well-known composers: Ethel Smyth and Susan Spain-Dunk. Smyth studied mostly in Germany and was one of the leading figures of the suffragette movement in 1910, along with Emmeline Pankhurst.

As a result of her last string quartet in E minor, she wrote to Pankhurst that writing an orchestral work was a lot easier than writing a quartet: “the most exquisite form of art.”

Susan Spain-Dunk’s Phantasy Quartet from 1915, may have been written as a result of a competition organised by the businessman Walter Cobbett, which in 1915 was dedicated to the string quartet. Together with Cobbett, she played quartet for years. The most striking feature of her Phantasy Quartet is the energy and the drive that it has interspersed with beautiful lilting melodies and moments of great calm.

Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) – String Quartet in E minor (1912)

(1) Allegretto lirico, (2) Allegro molto leggiero, (3) Andante, (4) Allegro energico

Performed by: Mannheim Streichquartett

CD: CPO

Susan Spain-Dunk (1880-1962) – Phantasy Quartet in D minor (1915)

Performed by: Archaeus Quartet

CD: Lorelt

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