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Felix Mendelssohn and Schubert
Escher String Quartet
Date
Mon 08 Feb 2016, 1.00pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
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Artists

  • Escher String Quartet

    Programme

    • Felix Mendelssohn
      1809-1847
        • Andante sostenuto and Variations Op. 81 No. 1
        • Scherzo Op. 81 No. 2

    Encore

    • Joseph Haydn
      1732-1809
        • String Quartet in F minor Op. 20 No. 5 35
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        • III. Adagio 35

    Overview

    The Escher String Quartet has been deeply immersedin Mendelssohn’s chamber music of late, releasingthe first recording in its complete cycle of his worksfor string quartet in June 2015.

    The New York-basedensemble opens this programme with the Andantesostenuto and Variations, and the Scherzo, written inthe composer’s final year.

    BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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