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Quartets by Bach and Beethoven

From Wigmore Hall, London, the Heath Quartet play Beethoven's Quartet in C, Op 59 No 3, and extracts from Bach's The Art of Fugue.

From Wigmore Hall, London, the Heath Quartet play extracts from Bach's Art of Fugue, plus Beethoven's String Quartet in C, Op 59 No 3, the last of his three so-called 'Rasumovsky' quartets.

Introduced by Andrew McGregor.

Bach: The Art of Fugue: Contrapuncti Nos 1, 5, 9, and 19
Beethoven: String Quartet in C, Op 59 No 3

Heath Quartet

57 minutes

Last on

Sun 4 Oct 2020 13:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Fugue, BWV1080 - Contrapunctus 1

    Ensemble: Heath Quartet.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Fugue, BWV1080 - Contrapunctus 5

    Ensemble: Heath Quartet.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chaconne from Partita no. 2 in D minor for solo violin BVW1004

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Fugue, BWV1080 - Contrapunctus 9

    Ensemble: Heath Quartet.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Fugue, BWV1080 - Contrapunctus 19

    Ensemble: Heath Quartet.
  • Robert Schumann

    Fantasie in C Op. 17

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in C, Op 59 No 3

    Ensemble: Heath Quartet.

Broadcast

  • Sun 4 Oct 2020 13:00