Debussy: String Quartet
Peter Sculthorpe: String Quartet No 18 (EIF co-commission, European Premiere)
Schubert: String Quintet in C

Debussy’s only string quartet shows the influences of César Franck, Borodin and Javanese gamelan music.

Peter Sculthorpe was commissioned to write a new work by the Edinburgh International Festival and his String Quartet No 18 receives its European Premiere in this concert.

Schubert’s String Quintet is considered a high point of the chamber music repertoire; its beautiful, plaintive second movement is widely familiar.

‘a well honed package. The purity of the ensemble is paramount’ (The Scotsman)

‘The Tokyo quartet’s playing has rare beauty of tone. It all sounds gorgeous; every single radiant last note of it’ (The Herald)

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Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes approximately
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