The second of four recitals from Belfast introduced by Stephanie Hughes. This concert, given by the Bingham Quartet, includes two quartets written in Ireland and one which began life as incidental music for a staged soliloquy by Samuel Beckett.
Philip Glass String Quartet No 2 (Company)
Beethoven String Quartet in F, Op 18 No
8.10 Book of the Month
What can we learn from history?
Are professional historians simply another form of storyteller?
The last few years have seen a crisis in the professional study of history as cultural theory undermined its traditional goals. But in his new book, In Defence of History,
Richard J Evans fights back. Fellow historian Roy Porter takes up his argument and reflects on his own ideas of history.
8.30 Norman Hay String Quartet in A Elizabeth Maconchy String Quartet No 5
Mozart Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K546
SOUNDING THE CENTURY