Event listing: Brodsky Quartet: Fugues | Auckland Town Hall: Great Hall | Mon 13 May 2019 at 19:30

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Programme

Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)	Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV1080, Contrapunctus I
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)	Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV1080, Contrapunctus VI
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)	Adagio and Fugue for Strings in C minor, K546
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)	Fugue in E flat major, Op.81 no.4
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	Grosse Fuge - fugue for string quartet in B flat major, Op.133
Bartók, Béla (1881-1945)	String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, Sz.40, Op.7

Performers

See Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV1080, Contrapunctus I in

Simon Holden, 15th May

This was a true tour de force and a fitting climax to a rather miraculous examination of counterpoint through musical history.

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