Consone Quartet, Guy Fishman & Renee Hemsing - Gavin Bryars: String Sextet - The Bridges of Konigsberg [CD]

Cat. no: BCGBCD37
Format: CD
Barcode: 5052442031178
Release Date: 27 Nov 2026
Genre: Classical

Out of the dark days of the Covid Pandemic a remarkable project emerged, bringing together the master of the low-strings sound world, British composer Gavin Bryars, and a group of the fnest gut-string chamber music practitioners: America's Guy Fishman (cello) and Renee Hemsing (viola), and the renowned UK-based Consone Quartet

A commission to extend the repertoire of the string sextet into the 21st century, but with period instruments, was irresistible to Bryars, and out of the collaboration came "The Bridges of Konigsberg", a 25 minute through-composed meditation on the nature of chamber music itself, as two 'outsiders' are gradually incorporated into the established social and musical framework of an existing string quartet. Following sold- out performances around the UK and a Radio 3 broadcast, "The Bridges of Konigsberg" was recorded in August 2025 at Syde Manor in Gloucestershire, where it was premiered in 2023, and is released on GB Records with its original line-up.

Tracks: Opening / Bar 61 Piu Mossso / Bar 117 Meno Mosso / Bar 177 Piu Mosso / Bar 304 A tempo / Bar 354 A tempo / Bar 387 Adagio