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Edinburgh International Festival

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Great String Quartets at Edinburgh

Edinburgh International Festival: Great String Quartets at Edinburgh: Chiaroscuro Quartet

Chiaroscuro Quartet

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Chiaroscuro Quartet led by international soloist Alina Ibragimova perform on gut strings.

From the Queen's Hall during the 2017 Edinburgh Festival, the Chiaroscuro Quartet led by international soloist Alina Ibragimova perform Bach, Haydn and Schubert on gut strings.

The Chiaroscuro Quartet, led by international soloist Alina Ibragimova, bring period-instrument performances of core classical repertoire to the Edinburgh International Festival. They perform extracts from Bach's enigmatic Art of Fugue, written without specification of instrument or ensemble by the composer. Haydn's Op 76 quartets demonstrate an ambitious and future-looking Haydn at work, while Schubert's late quartet 'Death and the Maiden', based on one of his songs, is one of the masterworks of the genre.

Presented by Donald Macleod

Bach: Art of Fugue (1, 4 and 9)
Haydn: String Quartet in E flat major, Op.76 No.6

Schubert: String Quartet No.14 in D minor, D810, 'Death and the Maiden'

Chiaroscuro Quartet

Edinburgh International Festival: Great String Quartets at Edinburgh

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Stand-out performances from past Edinburgh International Festival Queen's Hall recitals.

Stand-out performances from some of the great string quartets to have appeared in concert at the Queen's Hall during the Edinburgh International Festival.

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