Archived Event

Haydn, Bruno Mantovani and Beethoven
Signum Quartet
Date
Wed 25 Jan 2017, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
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  • Signum Quartet

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    1. Co-commissioned by Philharmonie Luxembourg, Konzerthaus Vienna, and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

    Overview

    Bruno Mantovani’s latest string quartet, completedin 2015, was written for and dedicated to theSignum Quartet.

    The French composer’s fascinationwith narrative structures and the ebb and flow ofdrama is boldly stated in his new work, presentedhere in harness with one of Haydn’s groundbreakingOp. 20 quartets and Beethoven’s thrillingfinal ‘Razumovsky’ Quartet.

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