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Wigmore Hall: Emerson String Quartet

Live from London's Wigmore Hall, the Emerson Quartet perform a Bach fugue arranged by Mozart, Mozart's Adagio and Fugue, K546, and Beethoven's Quartet in C sharp minor, Op. 131.

Live from Wigmore Hall in London, one of today's most distinguished string quartets, the Emerson Quartet, perform a fugue from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier in an arrangement by Mozart, Mozart's own Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K546, and one of Beethoven's great late quartets, the C sharp minor Op. 131.
Presented by Fiona Talkington

Full programme:
Bach arranged Mozart: Fugue in E major from The Well-tempered Clavier K405
Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K546
Beethoven: String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op. 131

Emerson String Quartet.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 19 Nov 2011 14:00

Music Played

  • Wigmore Hall - Emerson String Quartet

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Fugue no.3 in E major [from 5 Four-part fugues K.405 for string quartet, transc. from Bach

      Performer: Emerson String Quartet

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Adagio and fugue in C minor K.546 for strings

      Performer: Emerson String Quartet

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Quartet in C sharp minor Op.131 for strings

      Performer: Emerson String Quartet

    • Anton Webern

      No.4 from 5 Movements Op.5 for string quartet

      Performer: Emerson String Quartet

Broadcasts

  • Mon 14 Nov 2011 13:00
  • Sat 19 Nov 2011 14:00