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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Danish String Quartet in Scotland

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Danish String Quartet in Scotland: Episode 3

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Danish String Quartet in Scotland

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Danish String Quartet in Beethoven's String Quartet No 1 and Nielsen's String Quartet No 1

The Danish String Quartet in a performance given at the Citadel in Aberdeen. Beethoven: String Quartet No 1 in F, Op 18. Nielsen: String Quartet No 1 in G minor, Op 13.

The Danish String Quartet recorded live at the Citadel in Aberdeen, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Danish composer Carl Nielsen. In this third concert from the Scottish tour the Danish String Quartet play an energetic early Quartet by Nielsen and one of the first quartets by his musical idol, Beethoven.

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 
Nielsen: String Quartet No. 1 in G minor Op.13 

Danish String Quartet
Frederik Øland - violin
Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen - violin
Asbjørn Nørgaard - viola
Fredrik Sjölin - cello

Presenter - Kate Molleson.

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Kate Molleson presents a series of concerts given in Scotland by the Danish String Quartet

Kate Molleson presents a series of concerts given in Scotland by the Danish String Quartet, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Carl Nielsen's birth

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