I am really happy to get a free ticket from Middlesex University's director of music, Dr. Peter Fribbins :) , to attend a string quartet concert at King's place. Do you know how much the free ticket mean to me? I seriously think that paying for a concert will not be as happy as getting a free ticket for concert and yet, that this is the first (and hopefully not the last) ever string quartet concert i have ever been, and yes, for free lol.




King's Place, located somewhere near to the king's cross station, in york way

I am seriously impressed by this group of string instrument users, bla, maybe i am not a music student myself, but their 2 hours playing really makes me feel that string instruments can really replace other famous musical instruments, such as piano! I did tried snapping a few pictures of the three string players with my mobile, but i am afraid you will not be able to look clearly of what is in this picture, so i have to "define" it one by one for you in the picture below :)


Picture above: three string instrument users (violin: Nadio Wijzenbeek, viola: Ylvali Zilliacus, and cello: Marie Macleod)

They are really excellent players. In 2 hours, this string trio team played three different pieces (including different movements for each song). The three pieces are (1) Divertimento in C major by Michael Haydn, (2) String trio by James Francis Brown and (3) String trio in E Flat Major Op 3 by Ludwig Van Beethoven. Overall, i still prefer the pieces composed by Beethoven. However, I whitnessed some of my friends (i think most of them) fall asleep when they played the last piece (sadly i did not snap any photo's as photo taking is prohibited in the hall).