Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Fritz Quartet performs at the Esplanade Concourse

The Fritz Quartet will be putting up a performance on 23rd and 24th May 2007 (Wed and Thurs) at the Esplanade Concourse! We will be playing 2 sets per day, from 7.30pm-8pm, and 8.30pm-9pm.


We are really excited that we will be able to share our music with as many people as we can reach out to. So do bring your friends, family, colleagues, neighbours and everybody you know to enjoy a night of Silver Screen Classics with the Fritz Quartet. :) Hope to see you there!

For further details, please refer to the Esplanade website: Yes we're on it!

Click here. :)

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Monday, May 21, 2007

Fritz Quartet at Biopolis

Friday 19 May


This evening, the Fritz Quartet played for I-Group’s Knowledge Fair Dinner, held at Neuros at Biopolis.

We were engaged for 2 sets and we started the night off with Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, before proceeding to quieter music as the guests unwinded after a long day. Por Una Cabeza proved to be a hit with the guests, together with the Butterfly Lovers’ Concerto. We also played Pachebel’s Canon in D and Vivaldi’s “Spring”, from the Four Seasons, as well as Johann Strauss’ Blue Danube Waltz when these pieces were requested.

It was an insightful dinner for members of the Fritz Quartet as we mingled with the guests during our set breaks and discussed the advancement of technology. There was even a concert pianist present at the event, it was just too bad there wasn’t a piano around for us to do a piano quintet!

It had been a tiring day for the Fritz Quartet as we had a performance earlier in the day. Nevertheless, it’s all worth it when we see the smiles on the faces of the guests.


A big thank you to Vanessa for being a great person to work with. You certainly made our day!

"Thanks for the wonderful entertainment on Friday. I heard good reviews about you guys" - Vanessa via sms.

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Fritz Quartet at Anderson Junior College

Friday 19 May 2007

The Fritz Quartet performed at Anderson Junior College today as part of the school's Art Appreciation intiative. We had been approached some time in March by Mr Andy Quek to participate in this programme and we had immediately agreed to perform.

This is especially because we believe in sharing our love for music with people, and of course, we hope that through our performance, we would be able to dispel the notion that string quartet music is boring, and puts people to sleep.

For this 20-minute performance, we picked our repertoire with the intention of exposing students to various genres of music. We started off with Mozart’s Divertimento in D, a fast-paced classical piece with many exciting running passages.

Next up, we performed Coldplay's Shiver, arranged for String Quartet by Music Arranger and Pianist Chin Wanyee especially for this performance. It was an interesting infusion of string quartet sounds with indie rock, and judging from the warm response, was a hit with the students. Kudos to Chin Wan Yee for a superb arrangement!

An excerpt of the Butterfly Lovers' Concerto ( 梁祝) likewise generated a wave of gasps from the students as our first violinist Tze Chuan gave a soulful rendition of the piece, hitting the impossibly high notes with impeccable execution. Lastly, we ended with a tango piece titled Por Una Cabeza, finishing our performance with fervor.

Many thanks to Mr Andy Quek for coordinating the event with minimum fuss on our side. A big thank you as well to Chin Wanyee for rushing out the scores on such short notice, we will definitely give you a recording of your arrangement (once we get it out). :)

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