Artists
- Quatuor Van Kuijk
- Date
- Sun 17 Jul 2016, 11.30am
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
- Availability
Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition Winner’s Concert
Programme
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1756-1791
- Dissonance K465
- Bedřich Smetana1824-1884
- String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From my life'
Overview
‘These four young Frenchmen made the musicsmile, and would have made Beethoven do thesame’, noted the Observer after the Van Kuijk Quartet emerged as winners of the 13th WigmoreHall International String Quartet Competition.
The ensemble returns to perform a programmethat includes the poignant String Quartet No. 1in E minor ‘From my life’, written soon after theonset of Smetana’s deafness.
Coffee for the Sunday Morning Concert Series is generously provided by Café de Colombia