Quartet

...."We, all of us living in this house, were born with a musical gift.  Ours was the singular ability to raise our voices in song.  Now, many years on, old age has thrown us together when our voices are nothing more than fond memories.  But what harm is there in pretending to recapture what we once were, however inadequately, on the birthday of one of the greatest composers for the human voice who has ever lived?"