Adagios

One was inscribed to Judith Fitzgerald whose Adagios quartet I have just ventured into.

Best Canadian Poem? 2009

One was inscribed to Judith Fitzgerald whose Adagios quartet I have just ventured into.

2009 June 05 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS 2009

Music: Christmas Adagios, a collection of beautiful classical pieces, some choral some instrumental.

In Gordath Wood: Writer Patrice Sarath » The writing life coffee, friends, writing, rain 2009

Where Beethoven is unapproachable, however, is in his slow movements, the Adagios, solemn and portentous, in which all of world-sorrow finds expression.

Beethoven A Character Study Fischer, George A 1905

It might have lent a deeper undertone to his songs or have enabled his Adagios to draw tears where now they only give a saddened pleasure.

The Love Affairs of Great Musicians Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956 1903

The example of Beethoven's two monumental symphonic Adagios remained an invitation pretty much without takers, until Anton Bruckner came along.

DownWithTyranny! 2010

A colleague of C.P. E. Bach in Berlin and a great admirer of the old man, Johann Sebastian, Quantz spent most of his career as the flute master of Frederick the Great, passing his evenings complimenting the P.ussian monarch on his moving playing of Adagios, while turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to the king's notoriously faltering playing of the fast movements.

CounterPunch 2010

There's no question in my mind that the monumental Adagios of the Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Symphonies are his most memorable achievements.

DownWithTyranny! 2010

I especially loved the heavenly sounds he displays and the high degree of emotional intensity in the contemplative and affecting Adagios.

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Short-listed for (or recipient of) several major honours including the Fiona Mee, Trillium, Governor-General's Poetry and Writers 'Choice Awards (among others), she recently completed The Adagios Quartet.

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