What's On / EIF: Melvyn Tan, piano & the Škampa Quartet
EIF: Melvyn Tan, piano & the Škampa Quartet
17 August 2010 at 11:00amMozart: Piano Concerto No 11 in F K413
Janáček: String Quartet No 2 ‘Intimate Letters’
Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2
Written by Mozart and Chopin when both were in their early twenties, these piano concertos remain popular to this day. The rarely performed versions for string quartet and piano are played alongside Janáček’s Second String Quartet, nicknamed Intimate Letters, inspired by his private correspondence with a close friend.
‘Few standing ovations have ever been so richly deserved’ (The Guardian)
Broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on Thursday 26 August at 1pm
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes approximately
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