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White-hot intensity from the Emerson Quartet at Milton Court

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

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 … Continue reading →

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PCM7 Music for a blue Monday: Leonskaja and the Emerson Quartet play Shostakovich

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Barber/Debussy/Shostakovich: Leonskaja,Emerson Qt *** Cadogan Hall, 31st August 2015 Traditional August Bank Holiday weather – steady rain – was reflected in the melancholy programme for this lunchtime Chamber Prom. From the famous Adagio of Samuel Barber’s String Quartet to Shostakovich’s lugubrious … Continue reading →

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