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Berio, Michael Jarrell, Feldman and Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Arditti Quartet
Date
Fri 06 Nov 2015, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
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  • Arditti Quartet

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    1. Co-commissioned by Festival Aspects des Musiques d’Aujourd’hui Caen, and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation
    2. Co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall, with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation, Milano Musica — Associazione per la musica contemporanea, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Philharmonie de Paris, Westdeutscher Rundfunk and the Arditti Quartet with support of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation

    Overview

    Since its foundation in 1974 the Arditti Quartet haschampioned the cause of contemporary chambermusic and given the first performances of hundredsof new compositions.

    The quartet returns to WigmoreHall with a programme filled with vivid contrasts,opening with the formidable technical demands ofBerio’s Sincronie and embracing fresh scores bySir Harrison Birtwistle and Michael Jarrell.

    This concert is part of the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust ticket scheme, offering free tickets to those aged 8-25

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