PIANO QUARTET op.179 (January 1974) Listen to this Work

Instrumentation: violin, viola, cello and piano
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Duration: 27:7
First Performance: Purcell Room June 1975  Jack Rothstein (vn), Kenneth Essex (va) Peter Willison (vc), Howard Blake (pno).
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A CD made with the original performers is to be issued on Naxos in October 2008

Movements

• 1: Allegro con anima 7 minutes 15 seconds
  
• 2: Presto 5 minutes 23 seconds
  Scherzo
  
• 3: Andante espressivo 7 minutes 39 seconds
  
• 4: Allegro ritmico 6 minutes 50 seconds
  

Notes

Howard tried several times to revise the work (see op.383,394) but always returned to this original version of 1974

Performances

19th November 2003	The Schubert Ensemble, Wigmore Hall
21st July 1987	Medici Quartet, Howard Blake, Chester Festival
6th July 1987	The Medici string quartet and Howard Blake, Leighton House, Kensington
June 1975	Jack Rothstein / Kenneth Essex / Peter Willison / Howard Blake, Purcell Room, London