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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Glorious Grieg 2/4

Glorious Grieg

Glorious Grieg 2/4

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Vertavo Quartet perform Grieg and Smetana as part of the Grieg celebrations at the RCS.

Norway's long-standing Vertavo Quartet perform works by Grieg and Smetana as part of the Grieg celebrations at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow.

Norway's long-standing Vertavo Quartet take part in this celebration of the music of Grieg from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow performing Grieg's unfinished Second Quartet of which only two movements were completed. Grieg never found time to finish the work begun in 1891 and described it in a letter as 'that accursed string quartet which constantly lies there like an old Norwegian cheese'. It was played by friends including Pablo Casals and his wife in a domestic performance after the composer's death. It is contrasted with Smetana's semi-autobiographical First String Quartet featuring a youthful polka, a third movement of great emotional depth and a depiction of the ringing in his ears with a sustained harmonic E note denoting the deafness he suffered in later life. Presented by Kate Molleson
	
Grieg F major String Quartet
Grieg Fugue
Smetana 'Aus meinem Leben' String Quartet

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