Megan Foster (reciter)
Martin String Quartet:
David Martin (violin)
Neville Marriner (violin)
Eileen Grainger (viola)
Bernard Richards (cello)
Ballade que felt Villon a la requeste de sa mere, pour prier Nostre-Dame
(for reciter and string quartet)
String Quartet No. 5
Bernard van Dieren was born In Holland in 1888, of a partly Dutch and partly French family. At the age of twenty-one he settled in London, where he died in 1936. Though a great personal friend and admirer of Busonf, he developed a very individual style which is largely contrapuntal. His works show great sensitivity and a wide power of lyrical expression. They include two symphonies, six string quartets, and a great deal of vocal music