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The Arditti Quartet perform new music by Harrison Birtwistle, John Zorn, Iris ter Schiphorst and Klaus Lang.

Robert Worby and Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduce a concert by the Arditti Quartet, recorded at last November's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and featuring the new string quartet by Harrison Birtwistle and UK premieres of works by John Zorn, Iris ter Schiphorst and Klaus Lang.

John Zorn: The Remedy of Fortune
Iris ter Schiphorst: Aus Liebe
Klaus Lang: Seven Views of White
Harrison Birtwistle: String Quartet No.3: The Silk House Sequences.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 2 Jan 2016 22:00

Music Played

  • Julian Anderson

    String Quartet No.2

    Performer: Arditti Quartet.
  • Klaus Lang

    Seven Views of White

    Ensemble: Arditti Quartet.
  • Iris ter Schiphorst

    Aus Liebe...

    Ensemble: Arditti Quartet.
  • Harrison Birtwistle

    String Quartet No 3 鈥淭he Silk House Sequences鈥

    Ensemble: Arditti Quartet.

Broadcast

  • Sat 2 Jan 2016 22:00

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