Wigmore Hall regulars the Novus String Quartet – Jaeyoung Kim (violin), Young-Uk Kim (violin), Kyuhyun Kim (viola) and Wonhae Lee (cello) – return to London for an hour-long coffee concert on Sunday morning, 14 April, and a full length concert on Monday evening, 15 April
Sunday 14 April 2024, 11.30am
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: String Quartet No. 16 in E flat K428
MAURICE RAVEL: String Quartet in F
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Following its foundation in Korea in 2007, the ensemble rose to international prominence through a series of competition successes and subsequently a variety of recordings that have garnered considerable praise. Two contrasting classics of the literature comprise the first of its two programmes.
Monday 15 April 2024, 7.30pm
WILLIAM WALTON: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 12 in D flat Op. 133
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK: String Quartet in G Op. 106
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A welcome rarity in the form of William Walton’s Second Quartet, composed in 1944-7, joins with Shostakovich’s Twelfth Quartet of 1968 – which flirts with 12-note technique – and Dvořák’s mature example, written in 1895 following his return from an extended period in the United States.