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Dover Quartet
Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn and Schnittke
Part of the Wigmore Hall Autumn Concerts 2022 Season
Add to my Calendar 24-10-2022 19:30 24-10-2022 21:30 36 Dover Quartet Former students both of Houston’s Rice University Shepherd School of Music and of Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute – where its members were appointed ensemble-in-residence in 2020 – the group takes its name from Samuel Barber’s Dover Beach for medium voice and string quartet; it has gone on to win wide praise for its recordings, including its complete Beethoven series. Schnittke’s Third Quartet (1983) is a polystylistic work that quotes, among other things, Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge. Wigmore Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore St
Marylebone
London
W1U 2BP
England
Programme
Alfred Schnittke – String Quartet no.3
Ludwig van Beethoven – Grosse Fuge, Op.133
~ Interval ~
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet no.5 in E flat major, Op.44 no.3
Performers
Dover Quartet
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Programme Note
Former students both of Houston’s Rice University Shepherd School of Music and of Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute – where its members were appointed ensemble-in-residence in 2020 – the group takes its name from Samuel Barber’s Dover Beach for medium voice and string quartet; it has gone on to win wide praise for its recordings, including its complete Beethoven series. Schnittke’s Third Quartet (1983) is a polystylistic work that quotes, among other things, Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge.
