Chamber Music
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Amphithéâtre - Cité de la musique
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Duration: about
1h00
with 1 intermission
Program
Harrison Birtwistle
The Silk House Sequences, quatuor à cordes n° 2
Création française
Commande Wigmore Hall, Philharmonie de Paris, Milano Musica, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Westdeutscher Rundfunk/Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, The Arditti Quartet
Avec le soutien de The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation
Intermission
György Ligeti
Quatuor à cordes n°2
Distribution
Quatuor Arditti
Irvine Arditti, violin
Ashot Sarkissjan, violin
Ralf Ehlers, viola
Lucas Fels, cello
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Harrison Birtwistle came quite late to the string quartet genre, having spent the first decades of his career composing mainly operas and pieces for woodwinds or percussion.
Harrison Birtwistle came quite late to the string quartet genre, having spent the first decades of his career composing mainly operas and pieces for woodwinds or percussion.
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Getting here
Porte de Pantin station
Paris Underground (Métro) Line 5
Tram 3B
Address
221 avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris
