Haydn & Beethoven: Doric String Quartet
19 October 2017, 17:30
Recital
This event will be broadcast from Holywell Music Room
The Doric String Quartet are the leading quartet of their generation, appearing on major stages the world over, and they are firm favourites in the Lieder Festival's chamber music series. Today, they perform one of Haydn's great quartets, Op. 64 no. 6, alongside Beethoven's sublime Quartet in F, Op. 135, his final completed quartet and one of the pinnacles of the chamber music repertoire.
Programme
Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
String Quartet No.6 (Op. 64)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
String Quartet No.16 (Op. 135)
The Doric Quartet
The Doric Quartet
Ensemble
Firmly established as one of the leading quartets of its generation, the Doric String Quartet receives enthusiastic responses from audiences and critics across the globe. Winner of the 2008 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in Japan and 2nd prize at the Premio Paolo Borciani International String Quartet Competition in Italy, the Quartet now performs in leading concert halls throughout Europe including Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Vienna Konzerthaus, Berlin Konzerthaus, Frankfurt Alte Oper, Hamburg Laeiszhalle and De ... Read Full BiographyHave you also considered...
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