Gresham College Lectures

Britten and the String Quartet: A Classical Impulse - String Quartet No.2

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A talk and performance to mark the centenary of the birth of Benjamin Britten. The Badke Quartet will perform Britten's String Quartet No 2 in C major (1945) after a short lecture by Professor Roger Parker FBA.


The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/britten-and-the-string-quartet-a-classical-impulse-string-quartet-no2
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