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Penderecki and Smetana
Meccore String Quartet
Date
Sun 23 Feb 2020, 11.30am
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
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Artists

  • Meccore String Quartet

    Programme

    Encore

    • Ludwig van Beethoven
      1770-1827
        • String Quartet in G Op. 18 No. 2
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        • IV. Allegro molto, quasi Presto No. 2

    Overview

    Prizewinners at the 2012 WigmoreHall London International StringQuartet Competition, the Polishensemble offers Smetana’spoignantly autobiographicalwork (1876), which refers to hishearing problems, while KrzysztofPenderecki’s 2008 work alsodelineates what the composer hasdescribed as his ‘personal journey’.

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