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Escher String Quartet

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert City of London Festival 2012
Episode 5 of 8

Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Escher String Quartet play works by Bartok, Zemlinsky and Dvorak at the 2012 City of London Festival.

The fifth of eight concerts featuring Radio 3 New Generation Artists at the 2012 City of London Festival. In 'A Postcard from America's East Coast', the Escher String Quartet play Bartok's Third Quartet, a somewhat serious take on Yankee Doodle by Anton Zemlinsky, and Dvorak's famous 'American' Quartet, written during his time as Director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

Bartok: String Quartet No 3
Zemlinsky: Yankee Doodle (movement for string quartet)
Dvorak: String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 (American)

Escher String Quartet.

58 minutes

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Tue 24 Jul 2012 13:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    String Quartet No 3

  • Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Movement for String Quartet 'Yankee Doodle'

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quartet No 12 in F major Op 96 'American'

Broadcast

  • Tue 24 Jul 2012 13:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3