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Highlights of the 2008 St Magnus Festival in Orkney, featuring the Nash Ensemble. Mozart: Horn Quintet, K407. Stravinsky: 3 Pieces for string quartet. Britten: String Quartet No 2.

Highlights from the 2008 St Magnus Festival in Orkney, recorded in the small church of St Magnus.

Including one of Mozart's most remarkable chamber works, and a quartet by Britten which was written directly after his visit to the concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen in 1945.

Mozart: Horn Quintet, K407
Stravinsky: Three Pieces for string quartet
Britten: String Quartet No 2, Op 36

The Nash Ensemble:
Richard Watkins (horn)
Marianne Thorsen, Malin Broman (violin)
Lawrence Power (viola)
Paul Watkins (cello).

1 hour

Broadcast

  • Thu 10 Jul 2008 13:00