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Katie Derham presents the Brodsky Quartet performing music by Bach, Britten and Shostakovich at LSO St Luke's in London.

LSO St Luke's Bach, Britten, Shostakovich.

In the last of this week's series of recitals featuring Bach, Britten and Shostakovich, The Brodsky Quartet tackles all three, beginning with selected movements from Bach's extraoridnary masterpiece - The Art of Fugue. Shostakovich's quartet was dedicated to and inspired by members of the Beethoven Quartet which premiered it in 1966. The recital concludes with Britten's 3rd String Quartet, his last major work written the year before his death.
Brodsky Quartet

Bach: The Art of Fugue (Contrapuncti I & VI)
Shostakovich: String Quartet No 11 in F minor Op 122
Britten: String Quartet No 3 Op 94

Presented by Katie Derham.

58 minutes

Last on

Fri 25 Oct 2013 13:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Fugue (Contrapunctus I)

    Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Fugue (Contrapunctus IX)

    Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
  • Benjamin Britten

    String Quartet No 3

    Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    String Quartet No 11 in F minor Op 122

    Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op 63 No 3

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Alexandre Tharaud: Chopin; Journal Intime.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Fugue (Contrapunctus I)

    Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Fugue (Contrapunctus IX)

    Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    String Quartet No 11 in F minor Op 122

    Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
  • Benjamin Britten

    String Quartet No 3

Broadcasts

  • Fri 24 May 2013 13:00
  • Fri 25 Oct 2013 13:00