The Badke Quartet play Haydn and Britten

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 26 February 2013

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Reviewed at St George's Bristol, Bristol on 21 February 2013

Haydn, String Quartet no. 27 in D major, Op.20 no.4, Hob III:34

Britten, String Quartet no. 3, Op.94

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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”.