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Szymanowski, Rebecca Saunders and Schubert
Quatuor Diotima
Date
Thu 18 Jan 2018, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
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  • Quatuor Diotima

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    1. Co-commissioned by the Dina Koston and Roger Shapiro Fund in the Library of Congress; ECLAT Festival Stuttgart; Festival Musica Strasbourg; Philharmonie Luxembourg; Klangspuren Schwaz; November Music; and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

    Overview

    Berlin-based British composerRebecca Saunders’s multi-huedcommission for the exhilaratingyoung players of Quatuor Diotimasparkles with originality.

    Its richtextures and tonal contrasts standin company with Szymanowski’sexquisite Second String Quartetand Schubert’s mighty StringQuartet in G.

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