Categorie: The Hague String Trio

Reviews The Hague String Trio Echos of Budapest

De Gelderlander: 5 Stars

“…The Hague String Trio effortlessly reveals the music’s deeper layers. The trio’s passionate playing evokes a rich palette of colours and unites the shifting moods into one impressive whole.

The interpretation by the The Hague musicians is marked -above all – by flawless intonation and a commanding presence…”

Positive Feedback

“…This new release from The Hague String Trio and Cobra Records is absolutely terrific! Once again, the Trio has made a wonderful selection of music. And, as always, they deliver outstanding performances, with total commitment and perfect execution…  To say I’m loving this new release is an understatement…”

MusicWeb International

“…the Hague String Trio play these works outstandingly well, and include …. two première recordings. The booklet documentation is first class, as is the recording in Westvest90, Schiedam…”

Luister 

Rating: 9/10 – Luister

Limelight

⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2       Editor’s Choice

​“…The Hague String Trio … performs this music as if it was Hungarian through and through. Intonation is impeccable, the three instruments are perfectly balanced and there’s a palpable sense of good-natured communion about the playing…”

Music Frames

“…​The Hague String Trio plays all the compositions with a fine and subtle accuracy, which makes Echoes of Budapest a solid album by three musicians who boldly and successfully explore the edges of the classical repertoire.​..”

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Music Emotion     Theo’s Klassieke Muziektips 2025

“…What magnificent playing by these three ladies! And the recording is just as magnificent. The compositions by these three Hungarian composers are certainly a welcome addition to the repertoire and more than worth repeated listening.

And he concludes with: “In one word: bravo!”

The Strad

“…Faithfully caught in a favourable acoustic, the Hague String Trio’s members are perfectly attuned to each other and to the music’s Magyár idiom, sounding as if they have been performing this repertoire for years.

Reviews ‘Celebrating Women!’

“…The Hague String Trio performs all four compositions to the highest possible standard. Every note is crisp and pure, not one entry is missed – the alert way in which the three musicians respond to each other and their overwhelming enthusiasm for the music irrevocably drag one along. The recording technique is also excellent. Hyde, Frensel-Wegener, Smyth and Britton-Smith could not have wished for better ambassadors…’  Contemporary Classical – Thea Derks

New Album Celebrating Women!

The Hague String Trio will present their new album ‘Celebrating Women’ at the Nieuwe Kerk in The Hague, on the 30th October 2021. The album is a collection of world première recordings of string trios by women composers from the second half of the 19th and first half of the 20th century. The recordeding took place at the church of  Westvest90, Schiedam (NL) with label Cobra Records. On the album are trios by Dame Ethel Smyth,  Miriam Hyde, Emmy Frensel Wegener (Suite) and  Irene Britton Smith (Fugue in G minor)

Summer concerts The Hague String Trio

The Hague String Trio upcoming concerts:
26 June 2021, at 16.00 hours, Amersfoort (NL), Aegtenkapel https://www.staeg.nl/events-1/celebrating-women
27 June 2021, at 14.00 and 16.00 hours, Almere (NL), Goede Rede Concerten https://www.goederedeconcerten.nl/evenementen/the-hague-string-trio-weense-klanken/
4 July 2021, at 11.00 hours, Zaandam (NL), Muziekhaven https://www.muziekhaven.com/evenementen