Artists
- Takács Quartet
- Date
- Fri 09 Nov 2018, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Joseph Haydn1732-1809
- String Quartet in D Op. 20 No. 4 34
- Béla Bartók1881-1945
- String Quartet No. 1 BB52
Interval
- Johannes Brahms1833-1897
- String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2
Overview
The fourth of Haydn’s ‘Sun’quartets – so-called because of thedevice of a rising sun emblazonedon an early published score – isnotable for the ‘gypsy’ inflectionsin its final two movements, whileBartók’s first quartet mourns anunhappy love affair.
BBC Radio 3 will broadcast this concert live and it will be available on the BBC iPlayer Radio for 30 days
In memory of Peter Flatter.
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