Hagen Quartet
Concert given by the Hagen Quartet. Bach: Contrapunctus 1-4 (The Art of Fugue). Beethoven: String Quartet No 13 in B flat, Op 130; String Quartet in B flat, Op 133 (Grosse Fuge).
The fouth of nine Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts recorded at the 2011 Schwetzingen Festival.
Every Summer the 250-year-old castle of Schwetzingen, just outside the German city of Heidelberg, plays host to a music festival. The stars of today and, hopefully, tomorrow take part - as they have done since the festival began in 1952.
Today's concert features the Hagen Quartet in a typically thoughtful pairing. The quartet plays one of Beethoven's very last works with its alternative (and fiendishly difficult) final movement, the so-called 'Giant Fugue'. They precede late Beethoven with late music by Bach - part of his exploration of the idea of the fugue.
Hagen Quartet
BACH: Contrapunctus 1-4 from 'The Art of Fugue' BWV 1080
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No 13 in B flat Op 130; String Quartet in B flat Op 133 ('Grosse Fuge').
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Schwetzingen Festival Highlights (4 of 9)
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Contrapunctus 1-4 from Die Kunst der Fuge BWV.1080
Performer: Hagen String Quartet
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Quartet in B flat major Op.130 for strings vers. with Grosse Fuge finale
Performer: Hagen String Quartet
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Broadcast
- Fri 30 Dec 2011 13:00大象传媒 Radio 3