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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: City of London Festival 2011

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: City of London Festival 2011: Episode 1: Escher String Quartet

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Episode 1: Escher String Quartet

City of London Festival 2011

Escher String Quartet

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The Escher Quartet performs Haydn, Dean and Schubert at 2011's City of London Festival.

A concert given by the Escher String Quartet at the 2011 City of London Festival. Haydn: String Quartet in B flat (Sunrise). Brett Dean: Eclipse. Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor.

In the first of twelve concerts given by Radio 3 New Generation Artists at the 2011 City of London Festival, the Escher String Quartet from the USA counter Haydn's radiant 'Sunrise' Quartet with 'Eclipse' by Australian composer Brett Dean, and end with Schubert's famous 'Quartettsatz', the brilliant opening movement to an unfinished quartet. Recorded in the historic church of St Mary-at-Hill.

FULL PROGRAMME:
Haydn: String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 76 No. 4 'Sunrise'
Brett Dean: Eclipse
Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor, D703.

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Concerts given by Radio 3 New Generation Artists at the 2011 City of London Festival

Series of concerts given by Radio 3 New Generation Artists at the 2011 City of London Festival

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