Selection of Duos
El Chan (world premiere tour)
Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op 47
Bryce Dessner, known to many as the guitarist from The National, has been leading a double life as a prolific composer and curator in the realm of creative new music. His music, marked by a keen sensitivity to instrumental colour and texture, features in this hour-long programme alongside Bartok’s folklore-inspired pedagogical Duos and Schumann’s ever-popular Piano Quartet
"A deft mix of furiously-paced staccato and some almost startling deep string longeurs, the whole was a beautiful balance of sounds, technique and, yes, musical textures."
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