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Tom Redmond introduces the Belcea Quartet in concert at Snape Maltings for the 2017 Aldeburgh Festival. Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op 20 No 4. Britten: String Quartet No 3, Op 94.

Tom Redmond presents the first of four lunchtime concerts recorded at this year's Aldeburgh Festival in Suffolk. This year the festival is marking the 50th anniversary of the Snape Maltings Concert Hall and today the Belcea Quartet perform Haydn, the overriding musical passion of the acoustician Derek Sugden who helped Britten to create the hall, and the final quartet of Britten himself, premiered at Snape Maltings just days after the composer's death.

Haydn: String Quartet in D major, Op. 20 no. 4

Britten: String Quartet no. 3, Op. 94

performed by the Belcea Quartet.

58 minutes

Last on

Tue 27 Feb 2018 13:00

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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major, Op. 20 no. 4

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
  • Benjamin Britten

    String Quartet no. 3

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 27 Jun 2017 13:00
  • Tue 27 Feb 2018 13:00