Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Live and recorded concerts from all over the UK. Includes the Wigmore chamber music series

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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: The Brentano String Quartet

The Brentano String Quartet

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Live from Wigmore Hall, the Brentano String Quartet play Beethoven and Mendelssohn.

The Brentano String Quartet play Beethoven and Mendelssohn's final quartets, in a live concert from London's Wigmore Hall.

Live from London's Wigmore Hall: the Brentano String Quartet plays late Beethoven and Mendelssohn.

The long-established American quartet bring their finely honed musicianship to the two composers' final masterpieces. 

Presented by Andrew McGregor.

Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 6 in F minor Op. 80
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16 in F Op. 135

Brentano String Quartet

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