![]() ![]() The eighteenth-century double-bass was an instrument in flux, not yet established in it’s physical or musical identity. The staggering obviousness of this instrumentation might lead to an instant reaction along the lines of ‘well, if it actually worked it would have been done by now’, and yet there is virtually no repertoire for this grouping. I merely wish to question its utter domination and to suggest a complementary format that would offer an alternate tonal palette and range: violin, viola, cello and double-bass. All composers of serious ambition are eager to make their mark in this genre, and rightly so I do not intend to dispute the potential and versatility of ‘The Quartet’. Haydn knew what he was doing of course, but he might have been surprised had he been told that the format of the string quartet he established would become so dominant. Robinson wrote to The Journal of Music about his intentions in forming this new group - and explained why the conventional string quartet might have developed without a double bass in the first place. ![]() The Robinson Panoramic Quartet, which also includes Anita Vedres (violin), Robin Panter (viola) and Kate Ellis (cello), first appeared at a Kaleidoscope event in February with a new commission from the young Irish composer Sebastian Adams. The Dublin-based double bass player Malachy Robinson has founded a new string quartet - not a conventional string quartet, but made up of violin, viola, cello and double bass.
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