Albert Sammons

Albert Sammons

Albert Edward Sammons (23 February 1886 – 24 August 1957) was an English violinist.

Sammons was the second eldest of four children, his father was shoemaker and good amateur violinist.

Sammons, William Murdoch (piano), Lionel Tertis (viola) and Lauri Kennedy (cello), founded "The Chamber Music Players".

He was also a founding member of the 1908 London Quartet with T.W. Petre (second violin), H. Waldo Warner (viola), and Charles Warwick-Evans (cello). He mainly appeared in the UK, although he did play with the Russian Ballet in Germany and under Monteux. [Potter T. Liner note to Naxos Historical CD transfer, 2002.]

Sammons was particularly associated with the Elgar Violin Concerto which he first played on 23 November 1914, and made the first complete recording of it on 18 March and 10 April 1929 with the New Queen's Hall Orchestra conducted by Henry Wood, which displays "wonderfully assured portamenti carried as if on the breath of a great singer" and "immense structural strength". [Potter, op cit.]

He composed miniature pieces for violin and piano, many of which he included in his recital programmes. [Dibble J. Liner notes accompanying Hyperion CD The English Kreisler - Violin music of Albert Sammons, 2000.]

The onset of Parkinson's Disease forced his retirement from public performance in June 1948.

References

*cite web | publisher = The Cooper Collection | title = ALBERT EDWARD SAMMONS | url = http://www.thecoopercollection.co.uk/art3.htm |accessdate = 2007-01-24
*cite web | publisher = naxos.jp| title = Albert Sammons| url = https://secure.naxos.jp/artists_gallery/other_artists.asp?direct=true&Artist_name=Sammons_Albert&artisttype=Historical| accessdate = 2007-01-24


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