Fantastic fugues from the Brodsky

Von Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 01 Oktober 2016

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: St George's Bristol, Bristol, am 27 September 2016

Bach, Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV1080

Mozart, Adagio und Fuge für Streicher c-Moll, KV546

Zemlinsky, String Quartet no. 4, Op.25

Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Fugue in E flat major, Op.81 no.4

Beethoven, Streichquartett, Op.130 und Große Fuge, Op.133

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Schubert’s String Quintet was certainly a crowd-puller at this concert, as Kings Place's Cello Unwrapped series continues.

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Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres is a Bristol-based film composer and classical electronic artist. Alexandra's passion in scoring and as a performer lie in the duality between the classical and electronica worlds, moving picture and her love for the piano. Her music has been described by The White Room Magazine as “majestic, at times monumental…the force and vastness of nature”.

Brodsky Quartet's evening of fantastic Fugues