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Britten and Mozart
Doric String Quartet
Date
Mon 07 Dec 2020, 1.00pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
Availability

Important Information

This concert was live-streamed as part of the Wigmore Hall Autumn Series. The video is no longer online but other concerts are available to watch in full here: Wigmore Hall Concert Video Library

Artists

  • Doric String Quartet
    • Alex Redingtonviolin
    • Ying Xueviolin
    • Hélène Clémentviola
    • John Myerscoughcello

Programme

Overview

Recognised internationally as an ensemble of exceptional breadth of range as well as quality, the quartet was awarded the artistic directorship of the Mendelssohn on Mull Festival in 2018. This evening’s programme includes one of Mozart’s ‘Prussian’ quartets dedicated to the King of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm II, followed by Britten’s 1975 quartet which he dedicated to the musicologist Hans Keller.

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