Artists
- Atrium Quartet
- Date
- Sun 04 Dec 2016, 11.30am
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Sergey Prokofiev1891-1953
- String Quartet No. 1 in B minor Op. 50
- Johannes Brahms1833-1897
- String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2
Encore
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1840-1893
- String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11:
- II. Andante cantabile
Overview
Founded in St Petersburg in 2000, the AtriumQuartet is known for the dynamic energy andpanache of its interpretations.
The Berlin-basedensemble returns to Wigmore Hall to perform twoworks of tremendous substance, opening withProkofiev’s First String Quartet, commissioned bythe Library of Congress in 1931, and embracingthe intense lyricism of Brahms’s Op. 51 No. 2.
Coffee for the Sunday Morning Concert Series is generously provided by Café de Colombia