The last of five concerts this week, broadcast from the Queen's Hall. The Hagen Quartet give their last concert from this year's festival. Introduced by Linda Ormiston. Bartok String Quartet No 6
11.30 Colin Bell Invites
Is There a New Brutality in Women's Writing? Each generation of writers wants to shock, and that gets harder and harder to achieve. Colin Bell asks if there is a new brutality in women's writing. Is this the way to gain notoriety and success, or is there a darker reason for young women wanting to confront difficult subjects in ways that are deliberately in your face?
11.50 Schubert String Quartet in G, D887