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Bartok: String Quartet No.6 (Sz 114)

Roger Nichols explores the numerous strands of Bela Bartok's String Quartet No. 6 with the help of musical examples specially recorded for the programme by the quartet ConTempo.

B茅la Bart贸k's String Quartet no.6 (Sz 114) was composed during dark times - the composer's mother was fighting her final illness, and the shadow of war loomed on Europe's horizon. Roger Nichols explores the numerous strands of this complex work with the help of musical examples specially recorded for the programme by the quartet ConTempo.

45 minutes

Last on

Sun 5 Aug 2001 17:00

Music Played

  • B茅la Bart贸k - String Quartet No.6 (Sz 114)

    Performers: ConTempo

Broadcast

  • Sun 5 Aug 2001 17:00