Fourth of five programmes including some of his songs. In his second string quartet he moved nearer than ever before to atonality: the poem of the quartet's finale speaks of ' air from another planet.'
Am Wegrand; Madchenlied
(1903-5)
In diesen Wintertagen (1907-8)
9.46* String Quartet No. 2, in F sharp minor (1907-8) with soprano solo in the last two movements: Litanei; Eutrückung (Stefan George )
HEATHER HARPER (soprano) PAUL HAMBURGER (piano)
DARTINGTON STRING QUARTET Colin Sauer (violin) Peter Carter (violin) Keith Lovell (viola)
Michael Evans (cello)
Series devised by Leo Black
Das Bueh der hangenden Garten (Margaret Price, James Lockhart ): March 23