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Bartók and Enescu
RTÉ Contempo String Quartet; Arcadia Quartet
Date
Sun 30 Dec 2018, 11.30am
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
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Artists

  • RTÉ Contempo String Quartet
    • Arcadia Quartet

      Programme

      • Béla Bartók
        1881-1945
          • 6 Romanian Folk Dances BB68
            (arranged by Matt Naughtin for string quartet)

      Overview

      Revered by every musician withwhom he came into contact,the Romanian George Enescuproduced his String Octet in 1900,when he was just 19. As withMendelssohn’s more famous work,an early composition turned out tobe a major masterpiece.

      Concert supported by Wigmore Hall, in partnership with the Romanian Cultural Institute in London and RTÉ

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