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Amadeus String Quartet with William Pleeth (cello) direct from the Benson and Hedges Music Festival at The Mailings. Snape Part 1 Britten
Quartet No 3, Op 94 (first broadcast performance)
The score bears the inscription ' Suffolk-Venice, Oct/Nov 1975 ' ... The second and fourth movements are vigorous, fast-moving scherzos ... In the opening movement, ' (Duets', the instruments are paired off in a design of open-work tracery ... The third movement, - ' Solo, very calm ' - consists of a long, high-lying line from the first violin. (DAILY TELEGRAPH) The last movement, ' La Serenissima ', demonstrates his ability to discover hidden treasure in the most unlikely places. From the plainest Passacaglia ...variationsofgreatrichness and subtlety flower.
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Cello:
William Pleeth
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