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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 3: Quartet No 1

Britten String Quartets

Episode 3

Episode 3: Quartet No 1

Quartet No 1

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Members of Ensemble 360 perform Britten's String Quartet No 1, plus a work by Shostakovich

Members of Ensemble 360 perform at Snape Maltings in Suffolk. Britten: Three Divertimenti; String Quartet No 1 in D, Op 25. Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op 57.

The final concert pairing the Britten Quartets with chamber music by composers he admired features works from the 1930s and 40s: Britten's 3 Divertimenti and Quartet No. 1 and Shostakovich's Piano Quintet. Presented live from Snape Maltings Concert Hall by Andrew McGregor.

In the interval, at about 11.40am, Suzy Klein talks composer Colin Matthews.

Britten: Three Divertimenti
Britten: String Quartet No 1 in D major, Op 25
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op 57
Ensemble 360
Benjamin Nabarro, violin
Claudia Ajmone-Marsan, violin
Krzysztof Chorzelski, viola
Gemma Rosefield, cello
Tim Horton, piano.

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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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