Parlour Games Jade String Quartet

• David Hamilton: Parlour Games:
• 1 Hamilton: Parlour Games 1 02:15
• 2 Hamilton: Parlour Games 2 02:17
• 3 Hamilton: Parlour Games 3 02:02
• 4 Hamilton: Parlour Games 4 02:29
• 5 Hamilton: Parlour Games 5 02:38
• Peter Adams: Look to the Far Horizon:
• 6 Adams: Look to the Far Horizon 1 03:59
• 7 Adams: Look to the Far Horizon 2 02:39
• 8 Adams: Look to the Far Horizon 3 04:21
• 9 Adams: Look to the Far Horizon 4 01:31
• 10 Adams: Look to the Far Horizon 5 02:22
• Kenneth Young: Nocturne for String Quartet:
• 11 Young: Nocturne for String Quartet 04:03
• 12 Young: String Quartet No. 1: Mvt I 02:04
• 13 Young: String Quartet No. 1: Mvt II 08:08
• 14 Young: String Quartet No. 1: Mvt III 07:22
• Leonie Holmes: Fragment II:
• 15 Holmes: Fragment II 07:15
• Karlo Margetić: Ricercar:
• 16 Margetić: Ricecar 04:14
• John Elmsly: String Quartet in Three Movements:
• 17 Elmsly: String Quartet in Three Movements: Mvt I. Dancing on Sacred Ground 06:41
• 18 Elmsly: String Quartet in Three Movements: Mvt II. Until 05:56
• 19 Elmsly: String Quartet in Three Movements: Mvt III. In Manus Tuas, Domine, Commendo Spiritum Meum 07:40
• Robbie Ellis: Fragments of Noir:
• 20 Ellis: Fragments of Noir 07:29
• Total Runtime 01:27:25

Info for Parlour Games

„Parlour Games“ will be JSQ’s first professional album release, and first collaboration with Rattle. We believe that the calibre of the contributions to this project ensures that the album will attract attention from serious music–lovers.

The album has great significance for its contributors by advancing their artistry and serving their professional development, and we are greatly encouraged that it will have a welcome home among Rattle’s steadily growing catalogue of fine music.

The primary purpose of this project is to produce an album that will be exceptional on many levels: composition; performance; career advancement; cultural value; recording and production; audience development; and to present great NZ music to appreciative audiences here and abroad.

Rattle’s reputation as a publisher of work by serious composers and performers speaks for itself. The number of award winning and highly acclaimed albums within its catalogue testifies to the label’s instinct for identifying and supporting quality New Zealand music, and for placing artistic considerations above commercial ones.

As a chamber music ensemble committed to performing for many years to come in New Zealand (and beyond), we look forward to developing a long term relationship with Rattle, confident that this, our debut release with them, will set the template for many productive, highly creative, and successful projects to come.

Miranda Adams, violin
William Han­fling, violin
Robert Ashworth, viola
David Gar­ner, cello

Jade String Quartet
is an established ensemble on the NZ chamber music scene, comprised of principal and sub-principal members of the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra (APO).

The Jade Concert Series at the Pah Homestead has been a regular feature on the Auckland music calendar since 2011. In addition, we tour for Chamber Music NZ and Arts on Tour NZ, and give numerous concerts for North Island Music Societies. We also give school concerts in and around Auckland, and are involved in mentoring through the APO education programme.

JSQ has released three self-produced, self-promoted CDs featuring music by NZ and international composers. These recordings can be heard by visiting our website: www.jadestringquartet.co.nz

Our new project, provisionally called 'Parlour Games', will be our first professional release, and our first collaboration with Rattle Records.

This album contains no booklet.