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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Escher Quartet

Music: Classical

Escher Quartet

13/02/2012

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Escher Quartet in Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op 76 No 5. Bartok: String Quartet No 5.

From Wigmore Hall, London, the Escher Quartet in works by Haydn and Bartok. Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op 76 No 5. Bartok: String Quartet No 5.

Live from Wigmore Hall, London. The Escher Quartet - currently members of the BBC New Generation Artists scheme - perform one work by Joseph Haydn, sometimes called the Father of the Quartet, and one by his spiritual grandson in the genre: Bela Bartok

Presented by Fiona Talkington

HAYDN: String Quartet in D major op.76 no.5
BARTOK: String Quartet no.5

Escher Quartet.

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