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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: The Navarra Quartet performs Faure's final work

The Navarra Quartet performs Faure's final work

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The Navarra Quartet performs Faure's String Quartet in E minor, Op 121.

The Navarra Quartet performs Faure's String Quartet in E minor, Op 121 and Schubert's String Quartet in A minor, D804.

A week of performances recorded at Perth Concert Hall featuring young string quartets. Each recital features a major French work at its core. Today’s concert features former YCAT artists the Navarra Quartet who play Faure's final composition, his String Quartet op.121 full of reflection and transcendence. Schubert's impassioned 'Rosamunde' quartet follows.

Faure: String Quartet op.121			
Schubert: String Quartet in A minor D804 

The Navarra Quartet


Presenter: Tom Redmond
Producer: Laura Metcalfe
Photo credit: Sussie Ahlburg

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