About the Performance
The multi-Grammy award-winning Emerson Quartet is particularly acclaimed for interpretations of Mendelssohn's string quartets. This concert features the transparent beauty of Beethoven's Harp quartet with Mendelssohn's earliest and last works in this genre.
'superb ensemble: technically resourceful, musically insightful, cohesive, full of character and always interesting.' The New York Times
'high-powered performances with at times terrifying attack and explosive accenting... mightily impressive.' Gramophone
This event will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s Lunchtime Concerts programme at 1:00pm, 11 September 2009. The programme will then be available for streaming and download for one week at bbc.co.uk/iplayer.
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Photo: Mitch Jenkins