{"id":5,"date":"2012-10-10T17:56:36","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T17:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/s412608876.websitehome.co.uk\/sigamos\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2021-11-19T09:00:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T09:00:59","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.sigamos.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sigamos String Quartet specializes in collaborations with world music\u00a0and jazz artists. The quartet has performed live on Radio 3 \u201cIn Tune\u201d and their\u00a0recordings have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and 4 including Late Junction,\u00a0Front Row and Jazz on 3. Recordings include critically acclaimed albums with\u00a0Robert Wyatt and Gilad Atzmon. They are currently working on a major new\u00a0recording project of music by the cult French singer Serge Gainsbourg.<\/p>\n<p>Reviews of the Sigamos String Quartet:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;the well-tempered, note-perfect [Sigamos] string quartet shifted through\u00a0romance, irony and despair on the point of a pin\u2026 they impressively integrated\u00a0classical textures with jazz delivery.&#8221; (*****) Mike Hobart, Financial Times<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Robert Wyatt, that most eloquently lackadaisical of jazz-loving English\u00a0troubadours, has made some unforgettable albums over his long solo career,\u00a0but this will rank among the frontrunners. Mingling jazz standards such as\u00a0Lush Life, In a Sentimental Mood and Round Midnight with a scattering of\u00a0originals, and imaginatively arranged by violinist Ros Stephen for the poetic\u00a0Gilad Atzmon&#8217;s alto sax and clarinet and [The Sigamos String Quartet] a string\u00a0ensemble.&#8221; (*****)\u2028John Fordham, The Guardian<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The mockney Chet Baker sound of Robert Wyatt singing standards\u00a0(&#8220;Laura&#8221;, &#8220;Lush Life&#8221;, would you believe &#8220;What a Wonderful World&#8221;?) to the\u00a0taut yet tender backing of the Sigamos String Quartet was the inspired idea\u00a0of violinist Ros Stephen&#8230; Amazing.&#8221; &#8211; \u2028 Phil Johnson, The Independent on\u00a0Sunday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sigamos String Quartet specializes in collaborations with world music\u00a0and jazz artists. The quartet has performed live on Radio 3 \u201cIn Tune\u201d and their\u00a0recordings have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and 4 including Late Junction,\u00a0Front Row and Jazz on 3. Recordings include critically acclaimed albums with\u00a0Robert Wyatt and Gilad Atzmon. They are currently working [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sigamos.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sigamos.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sigamos.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sigamos.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sigamos.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.sigamos.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.sigamos.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sigamos.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}