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The Calidore Quartet play Mendelssohn

Chamber Music from the New Generation Artists: the Calidore Quartet play Mendelssohn's last major composition, his Quartet in F minor, Op 80.

The Calidore Quartet plays Mendelssohn.

Written in the aftermath of his sister, Fanny's tragically early death, Mendelssohn's friend, Julius Benedict wrote that the f minor quartet "completely impresses the listener with a sensation of gloomy foreboding, of anguish of mind, and of the most poetic melancholy." Recent members of Radio 3's prestigious young artist programme, the Calidore Quartet, bring their deep poetic sensibility to Mendelssohn's last major composition.

Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet no. 6 in f minor Op 80
Calidore Quartet

31 minutes

Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet no.6 in F minor Op. 80

    Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet.
  • Johannes Brahms

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    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Catriona Morison.

Broadcast

  • Wed 4 Aug 2021 16:30