Premier at Strijkkwartet Biënnale on Radio 4

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With pain in their hearts, the organisers of the String Quartet Biennale decided to cancel the 2022 edition. Uncertainty about the measures that would apply during the biennale made it impossible to prepare an alternative scenario. Especially for the Evening Concert, however, the organisation did put together two wonderful programmes in which top string quartets and musicians from the up-and-coming generation can still be heard.

On 30 January, several string quartets will play at the Muziekgebouw aan het IJ. In the afternoon, recordings will take place that can be heard in the Evening Concert on 6 February. And in the evening, several string quartets will play live. So there is still a chance for all string quartet fans to enjoy the beauty the Biennale has to offer. And for your diary: the 2024 String Quartet Biennale will take place from 27 January to 3 February.

Programme

Belinfante Quartet

Mathilde Wantenaar - movement from String Quartet no.1

Cuarteto Casals

Joseph Haydn - String quartet op.20/3

Felix Mendelssohn - String Quartet no.33, op.44

Borusan Quartet

Fanny Mendelssohn - String Quartet

Fazil Say - Divorce

Karski Quartet

Grazyna Bacewicz - String Quartet No.4 - Part I

This broadcast is scheduled for 30 January 2022 from 20:00 to 23:00 and will be available around 23:30. Listen to it here on Radio 4