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Britten 100

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Music: Classical

Programmes featuring music and discussion to mark the centenary of Benjamin Britten.

Full details of the Britten Centenary Weekend (22-24 Nov), based at Snape Maltings – with live and recorded concerts and operas, discussions, and debates.

Full details of the Britten Centenary Weekend (22-24 Nov), based at Snape Maltings – with live and recorded concerts and operas, discussions, and debates. Browse the photo galleries, listen to Britten's music, and watch videos.

Britten 100: Britten String Quartets

Britten 100: Britten String Quartets: Episode 2: Quartet No 3

Britten String Quartets

Episode 2

Episode 2: Quartet No 3

Quartet No 3

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The Kuss Quartet in Schubert: String Quartet in G, D887. Britten: String Quartet No 3.

Part of a concert given by the Kuss Quartet at Snape Maltings. Schubert: String Quartet in G, D887. Britten: String Quartet No 3, Op 94.

Andrew McGregor presents the second of three concerts pairing the Britten Quartets with chamber music by composers Britten loved and admired. Recorded this evening at Snape Maltings Concert Hall, the Kuss Quartet play the extraordinary final string quartets of Schubert and Britten.

Schubert: String Quartet in G major, D 887
Britten: String Quartet No 3, Op 94
Britten's 3 Divertimenti, String Quartet No 1 and Shostakovich Piano Quintet, live tomorrow at 11.00 am.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Andrew McGregor introduces a concert featuring Britten's three string quartets

Andrew McGregor introduces a concert given at the Britten Studio in Snape Maltings, Suffolk, featuring Britten's three string quartets

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