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Hear and NowThe Arditti Quartet at 40
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Ivan Hewett presents music from the Arditti Quartet. Iannis Xenakis: Tetras. Pascal Dusapin: Quartet No 5. Wolfgang Rihm: Fetzen I and II. Toshio Hosokawa: Silent Flowers.

The Arditti Quartet at 40
Ivan Hewett presents the second of two programmes in which the Arditti Quartet are heard playing some of the hundreds of works in their repertoire, all recorded during a three concert marathon at the Barbican Centre's Milton Court, and most written especially for them.

Iannis Xenakis
Tetras

Pascal Dusapin
Quartet No.5

Wolfgang Rihm
Fetzen I & II

Toshio Hosokawa
Silent Flowers

Arditti Quartet.

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Sat 13 Sep 201423:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Pascal Dusapin

    Quartet No.5

    Performer: Arditti Quartet.

  • Toshio Hosokawa

    Silent Flowers

    Performer: Arditti Quartet.

  • Wolfgang Rihm

    Fetzen I & II

    Performer: Arditti Quartet.

  • Iannis Xenakis

    Tetras

    Performer: Arditti Quartet.

Broadcast

  • Sat 13 Sep 201423:00
    BBC Radio 3

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