Quatuour Diotima

Date & Time

Sun, May 18, 2025, 19:30

Venue

Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Milton Court (London)

Performed by one of its outstanding interpreters, Boulez’s uncompromising Livre pour quatuor is at the heart of a centenary tribute to the composer referencing Webern, Bach, and impassioned Debussy.

Keywords: Young Musicians

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Musicians

Quatuor Diotima

Program

'Contrapunctus I' from Die Kunst der Fuge	Johann Sebastian Bach
I, Livre pour quatuor	Pierre Boulez
'Contrapunctus IX' from Die Kunst der Fuge	Johann Sebastian Bach
II, Livre pour quatuor	Pierre Boulez
Cantata No 1	Anton Webern
III, Livre pour quatuor	Pierre Boulez
'Contrapunctus XVIII' from Die Kunst der Fuge	Johann Sebastian Bach
String Quartet in G minor	Claude Debussy

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