Quartet for Two - The Classical Music Game
Quartet for Two is a light-hearted game about composers and an excuse to talk about music in a silly and opinionated way. Presented by composer Arthur Keegan and radio producer David Fay, the format allows playful discussion of classical music through the ages - littered with mistakes and half-baked opinions.
The game is inspired by QuartetTM the Composer Card Game © 2023 Margit van der Zwan. Buy this beautiful and brilliant game at www.quartetgames.com
Game play:
We use a deck of cards each featuring a composer from the 9th Century right up to the present. We draw a card each, discuss the composers and their music and then - using whatever metric we like - decide who goes through to the next round. There are also some silly wild cards thrown in to mess things up. The point isn't who wins the game (it's usually Bach) but just having a fun time thinking and chatting about great music.
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DAVID FAY is an Assistant Producer at BBC Radio 3 (all views expressed on this podcast his own). He tweets at: @themerelistener
ARTHUR KEEGAN is a composer. Find his projects and music at: https://linktr.ee/arthurkeeganmusic
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 7
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Bonus New Year Ep - "There's a Weird Glee About it!"
The Past & I: 100 Years of Thomas Hardy:
https://www.arthurkeegan.co.uk/the-past--i.html
BONUS NEW YEAR EPISODE - "There's a Weird Glee About It"
- Lotte and James join Arthur for an episode recorded on t…
Ep6 - "He's your jackpot composer"
Ep6 - "He's your jackpot composer"
- Dave is furious with Mahler
- Arthur still can't distinguish between Sergei and Sergei
- Harvey falls foul of a key change
- Ravel sneaks in with a stunning finish
Fo…
Ep5 - "The pork pie story"
Ep5 - "The Pork Pie Story"
- A new look top three
- Rachmaninov's route one hypnosis
- Dave loves the Schumanns
- The Big Owl makes a welcome appearance
Format:
- 24 cards: a combination of Margit van der Z…
Ep4 - "It's a crazy task we've set ourselves"
Ep4 - "It's a Crazy Task We've Set Ourselves"
- Messiaenic epiphanies
- Hildegard's highest climb
- Dave hates Mahler
- Toscanini demands fun
Format:
- 24 cards: a combination of Margit van der Zwan's Quar…
Ep3 - "A quick game's a good game!"
Ep3 - "A quick game's a good game!"
- Dave (and Arthur) is happy to see Finzi
- Arthur (and Dave) is happy to see Dowland
- Julia Perry gets stumped (because Philip Glass gets 'Scheidt'ed)
- Two special …
Ep2 - "It does... if we remember the bits that do"
Ep2 - "It does... If We Remember the Bits That Do"
- New players to the game!
- Arthur goes bananas for Bartok
- Dave gets in touch with emotion and music
- Romantics roam with impunity
Game Format:
- 22 …
Ep1 - "Austro-German dead white males"
Ep1 - "Austro-German Dead White Males"
- Arthur sticks his neck out for Britten
- Dave enjoys telling an anecdote about Ethel Smyth and a toothbrush
- Opera does well
Game Format:
- 30 cards from Margit v…