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New Town Concerts. 4/4

Chamber concert recordings from all over the UK and beyond. Three European quartets perform a selection of works from the New Town Concert series at the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh.

The Cremona Quartet, the Casals Quartet and the Castalian String Quartet perform a selection of works from Puccini, Beethoven and Brahms from the New Town Concert series at the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh. The New Town Concerts were founded in the 1960s as a subscription series with the intention "to light up the 49 weeks of musical darkness over the winter months between one Edinburgh International Festival and the next". Gareth Williams presents.

Cremona Quartet
Puccini: Crisantemi for string quartet

Casals Quartet
Beethoven: Sonata Op 14/1

Castalian String Quartet
Brahms: Quintet no. 1 in F major Op.88.

58 minutes

Last on

Fri 6 Apr 2018 13:00

Music Played

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Crisantemi

    Ensemble: Cremona Quartet.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in F major

    Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
  • Johannes Brahms

    String Quintet no. 1 in F major Op.88

    Performer: Simon Rowland-Jones. Ensemble: Castalian Quartet.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Oboe Quartet in F major, K 370 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Peter Cropper. Performer: Ronald Birks. Performer: Robin Ireland. Performer: Bernard Gregor-Smith. Ensemble: Lindsay String Quartet.
    • Mozart: Oboe Quartet/Horn Quintet: The Lindsays.
    • ASV.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Fri 6 Apr 2018 13:00