Previous posts for February 8th are here: John Williams (2020), Joe Raposo (2021), Elly Ameling; André Grétry (2022), John Williams (2023), and
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Irvine Arditti (b. 8 February 1953) is a British violinist, as well as the leader and founder of the Arditti Quartet.
Out of Commission?
The Arditti Quartet concentrates on works from the last fifty years, along with very new music, mostly repertoire specially written for the ensemble to premiere. They do not work with composers from fields such as jazz, pop or crossover. - adapted from Wikipedia, s.v. “Arditti Quartet”
Did ever the Arditti Quartet
Begin to rehearse with regret
That the piece wasn't worth all the sweat?
To commission a work is a bet,
A kind of artistic roulette,
And you get what you get what you get.
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