Quartet for Two - The Classical Music Game

By: Arthur Keegan and David Fay
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  • Summary

  • 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

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    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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Episodes
  • ​Ep1 - "Austro-German dead white males"

    ​Ep1 - "Austro-German dead white males"
    Aug 15 2023

    ​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 van der Zwan's brilliant pack of 'Quartet' cards
    • Four Rounds to find the top 4
    • No special cards yet​

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    Our game is inspired by QuartetTM the Composer Card Game © 2023 Margit van der Zwan. Buy this beautiful and brilliant game here.


    ​DAVID FAY is an assistant producer at BBC Radio 3 (all views expressed on this podcast his own) tweeting at: @themerelistener


    ARTHUR KEEGAN is a composer. ​Find his projects at:  https://linktr.ee/arthurkeeganmusic


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    51 mins
  • Ep2 - "It does... if we remember the bits that do"

    Ep2 - "It does... if we remember the bits that do"
    Aug 15 2023

    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 cards from Margit van der Zwan's brilliant pack of 'Quartet' cards (buy them here) plus 8 cards from our homemade extended pack
    • Four Rounds to find the top 4
    • No special cards yet

    ​

    Our game is inspired by QuartetTM the Composer Card Game © 2023 Margit van der Zwan. This beautiful and brilliant game is available to buy here.


    ​DAVID FAY is an assistant producer at BBC Radio 3 (all views expressed on this podcast his own) tweeting at: @themerelistener


    ARTHUR KEEGAN is a composer. ​Find his projects at:  https://linktr.ee/arthurkeeganmusic


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    49 mins
  • Ep3 - "A quick game's a good game!"

    Ep3 - "A quick game's a good game!"
    Aug 15 2023

    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 cards (Scheidt and Toscanini) appear for the first time



    Format:

    • 12 cards from Margit Van Der Zwan's brilliant original pack (buy them here) plus​ ​12 cards from our homemade extended pack
    • 2 first round special cards... introducing the Wildcard category​
    • 3 rounds to find the top 3


    Our game is inspired by QuartetTM the Composer Card Game © 2023 Margit van der Zwan. This beautiful and brilliant game is available to buy here.

     

    ​DAVID FAY is an assistant producer at BBC Radio 3 (all views expressed on this podcast his own) tweeting at: @themerelistener

     

    ARTHUR KEEGAN is a composer. ​Find his projects at:  https://linktr.ee/arthurkeeganmusic


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    40 mins

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