Radio 3's Fifty Modern Classics
Elliott Carter's String Quartet No.3
11 minutes
First broadcast:Available for over a year
Novelist and poet Mark Haddon explains what it is about Elliott Carter's String Quartet No.3 that reminds him of an argumentative family meal; the composer himself describes with relish his 'eclipses' of sound; and Paul Griffiths explains Carter's use of metric modulation. Show less