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The Banff International String Quartet Competition artistic committee has announced the selections for the 8th BISQC Compilation CD. Each of the ten quartets who participated in the 2004 BISQC are represented on this two-CD set with live recordings from their competition performances. Included are liner notes written by John Largess, violist of the Miró quartet and guest lecturer at the 2004 competition.

Cost is $30 plus $5 shipping. To order please download, fill out, and return the order form to fax (403) 762-6338. 


Alma QuartetLeoš Janáček — Quartet No. 2, “Intimate Letters”
Carmel QuartetLudwig van Beethoven — Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4
Ensō QuartetStewart Grant — String Quartet No. 2, "Banff Variations"
Ensō QuartetLudwig van Beethoven — Quartet in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3
Fry Street QuartetLudwig van Beethoven — Quartet in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5
Jupiter String Quartet   Franz Joseph Haydn — Quartet in D Major Op. 76, No. 5
Jupiter String QuartetLudwig van Beethoven — Quartet in C♯ minor, Op. 131
Matangi QuartetWolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Quartet in C Major, K 465, “Dissonance”
Penguin QuartetBéla Bartók — Quartet No. 2, Op. 17
Quince QuartetRobert Schumann — Quartet in A minor, Op 41 No. 1
Royal String QuartetDmitri Shostakovich — Quartet No. 7, Op. 108
Tokai String QuartetDmitri Shostakovich — Quartet in C minor, Op. 110 No. 8

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Also available - transcripts from John Largess’s insightful and invigorating morning coffee lectures! Cost is $15. To order please download, fill out, and return the order form to fax (403) 762-6338.

BISQC Merchandise - long and short sleeve t-shirts, button up shirts, hooded sweatshirts, folio notebooks, key chains are still available. Contact bisqc@banffcentre.ca for more information.

 

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