Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: The Van Kuijk Quartet and pianist Tom Poster perform sensuous Cesar Franck

Van Kuijk Quartet, Tom Poster, Franck

The Van Kuijk Quartet and pianist Tom Poster perform sensuous Cesar Franck

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Recorded at Perth Concert Hall, young string quartets perform major French works.

In this series of string quartet recitals recorded at Perth Concert Hall, a major French work sits at the core of each programme.  Today, BBC New Generation ensemble the Van Kuijk Quartet begins with Haydn; his Opus 33 quartet nicknamed The Joke due to the last movement that plays on audience expectations.  Pianist Tom Poster then joins the Van Kuijk’s for Cesar Franck’s Piano Quintet, a passionate work that shocked even Liszt.  

Haydn: String Quartet Op 33 No 2 in E flat 'The Joke'	
Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor FWV 7			 

The Van Kuijk Quartet	
Tom Poster - piano



Presenter: Tom Redmond
Producer: Laura Metcalfe
Photograph credit: Nikolaj Lund

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