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Edinburgh International Festival: 2017 Queen's Hall Series

Edinburgh International Festival: 2017 Queen's Hall Series: Episode 7: Gringolts Quartet

Episode 7

Episode 7: Gringolts Quartet

2017 Queen's Hall Series

Gringolts Quartet

BBC Radio 3 - Edinburgh International Festival, 2017 Queen's Hall Series, Gringolts Quartet

Recorded at the Queen's Hall, Donald Macleod presents the Gringolts Quartet in recital.

Recorded at the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh, Donald Macleod presents the Gringolts Quartet in recital.

The Gringolts Quartet begins its recital from the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh with the high-jinks of Haydn's 'Frog' Quartet No 6, before Jörg Widmann's highly individual third quartet opens with a theme from Beethoven and adventures into a distinctly new landscape. The recital ends with the final quartet of Brahms's Opus 67 series - the composer's favourite of the three in that group, according to violin virtuoso and close friend Joseph Joachim. 

Haydn: String Quartet in D major, Op 50 No 6, 'The Frog'
Jörg Widmann: String Quartet No 3, 'The Hunt' 

11.40
Interval: Donald introduces a selection of opera arias from Verdi, Gounod and Dvorak sung by Festival artist Réne Pape.

12.00
Brahms: String Quartet No 3 in B flat, Op 67
Gringolts Quartet

Presenter: Donald Macleod
Producer: Gavin McCollum.

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Concerts from the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh for the 2017 Edinburgh International Festival.

Concerts given at the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh as part of the 2017 Edinburgh International Festival

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