Emerson Quartet ****
Milton Court, 8th November 2018
Benjamin Britten’s String Quartet no. 3 in G major – with its closing farewell-to-life passacaglia inspired by music from his opera Death in Venice – was composed in 1976, during the composer’s final illness. That same year, the New York-based Emerson String Quartet was born, taking its name from American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. They chose the Britten to open their excellent Milton Court recital, setting the tone for an evening of stinging, white-hot intensity.
Emerson String Quartet
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