Artists
- Elias String Quartet
- Navarra String Quartet
- Date
- Mon 25 Jun 2018, 1.00pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Sally Beamishb. 1956
- String Quartet No. 3 'Reed Stanzas'
- Felix Mendelssohn1809-1847
- Octet in E flat Op. 20
Overview
Two fantastic British-basedquartets, both formed at theRoyal Northern College of Music,join forces in Mendelssohn’sOctet, the teenage prodigy’smiraculous masterpiece. The EliasString Quartet opens with SallyBeamish’s beautiful work for theensemble, inspired by Hebridean landscapes and poetic imagery.
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert