Artists
- Meta4
- Date
- Sun 24 Jan 2016, 3.00pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Johann Sebastian Bach1685-1750
- The Art of Fugue BWV1080:
- Contrapunctus 14
- Anton Webern1883-1945
- String Quartet Op. 28
- Sebastian Fagerlundb. 1972
- Scherzic for viola and cello
- Jouni Kaipainen1956-2015
- Sonata for two violins Op. 94
- Jaakko Kuusistob. 1974
- Play III
- Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827
- String Quartet in F Op. 135
Overview
Meta4 has consistently broadened the stringquartet repertoire since its foundation almostfifteen years ago.
The ensemble returns toWigmore Hall to take part in this year’s ECMAShowcase, interleaving two Viennese masterworkswith a trio of contemporary pieces by Meta4’sfellow Finns, Sebastian Fagerlund, Jouni Kaipainenand the violinist-composer Jaakko Kuusisto.
The ECMA Showcase has been supported by a gift from the estates of the late Thomas and Betty Elton in memory of Sigmund Elton