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Last broadcast on Wed, 8 Sep 2010, 13:00 on BBC Radio 3.

Synopsis

The Nash Ensemble are exceptional for their breadth of repertoire as demonstrated in this Festival programme reflecting jazz flavours of Bartok's "Contrasts" to Gershwin's "Lullaby for String Quartet" via Copland's demanding "Sextet" and Dvorak's uplifting String Quartet in E flat.

Bartok:
Contrasts
Gershwin:
Lullaby for String Quartet
Copland:
Sextet
Dvorak:
String Quartet in E Flat Op 97.

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  1. Wed 8 Sep 2010
    13:00
    BBC Radio 3

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