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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Schwetzingen Festival 2011

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Schwetzingen Festival 2011: Episode 7: Heath Quartet

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Episode 7: Heath Quartet

Schwetzingen Festival 2011

Heath Quartet

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Heath Quartet in Britten: String Quartet No 1. Dvorak: String Quartet No 10 in E flat.

A recital given at the 2011 Schwetzingen Festival in Germany by the Heath Quartet. Britten: String Quartet No 1 in D, Op 25. Dvorak: String Quartet No 10 in E flat, Op 51.

The stars of today and, hopefully, tomorrow take part - as they have done since the festival began in 1952. Among such an international line-up it was good to see a young chamber-group from England taking its place.
The Heath Quartet is now approaching its 10th birthday and is making a fine reputation at home and abroad. In this recital they contrast a work by the young Benjamin Britten - written just before he left the United States during the 2nd World War - with music that's full of the folk-rhythms of Dvorak's native Bohemia.

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BRITTEN: String Quartet No 1 in D Op 25
DVORAK: String Quartet No 10 in E flat Op 51.

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Programmes featuring concert highlights from the 2011 Schwetzingen Festival in Germany

Programmes featuring concert highlights from the 2011 Schwetzingen Festival, held near the German city of Heidelberg

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