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Complete Bartók String Quartets
Jerusalem Quartet
Date
Thu 09 May 2019, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
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Artists

  • Jerusalem Quartet

    Programme

    • Béla Bartók
      1881-1945
        • String Quartet No. 2 BB75 Op. 17
        • String Quartet No. 4 BB95

    Interval

    Overview

    The even-numbered works date from between theperiod 1915-17 and the beginning of the SecondWorld War. Highly original in their thematic materialand technical demands, these three works form amighty challenge to any group of players but remaininfinitely rewarding for listeners in their variety andexpressive power.

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