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Doric String Quartet
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Doric String Quartet
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Date
Sun 08 Jun 2025, 7.30pm
Tickets
£40 £36 £32 £26 £18
Duration

This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval

Availability

Ticket bookings are subject to a £4.00 booking fee. This fee covers the whole booking and is not per ticket

Artists

  • Doric String Quartet
    • Maia Cabezaviolin
    • Ying Xueviolin
    • Emma Wernigviola
    • John Myerscoughcello

Programme

  • Henry Purcell
    1659-1695
      • Fantasia a4 No. 6 in F Z737
      • Fantasia a4 No. 7 in C minor Z738
      • Fantasia a4 No. 8 in D minor Z739

Interval

  • Henry Purcell
    1659-1695
      • Fantasia a4 No. 9 in A minor Z740
      • Fantasia a4 No. 10 in E minor Z741

Overview

Britten’s Second String Quartet was first performed at Wigmore Hall in 1945 to mark the 250th anniversary of Henry Purcell’s death. The Doric String Quartet recalls the work’s historic première, at which Britten’s composition shared the bill with Fantasias by Purcell. ‘Henry Purcell was the last important international figure of English music,’ observed Britten at the time, to which many added that he was the next.

Booking Information

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