Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Calidore Quartet

Calidore Quartet

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Calidore Quartet

The Calidore Quartet, former Radio 3 New Generation Artists, play Beethoven and Smetana.

Live from Wigmore Hall, former New Generation Artists the Calidore Quartet perform one of Beethoven's early quartets, together with Smetana's First String Quartet, 'From My Life'.

Formed at what is now the Colburn School in Los Angeles in 2010, the quartet (former Radio 3 New Generation Artists) has won numerous prizes, including in 2018 the highly prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant. Here they perform one of Beethoven's early quartets, together with Smetana's First String Quartet 'From My Life'.

Live from Wigmore Hall, London
Presented by Hannah French

Beethoven: String Quartet No 6 in B flat, Op 18 No 6
Smetana: String Quartet No 1 in E minor, 'From My Life'

Calidore String Quartet

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