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Spellbinding Debussy and Franck from the Takács Quartet and Marc-André Hamelin

By George Slater-Walker, 19 May 2015
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Reviewed at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on 18 May 2015
Programme
Debussy, String Quartet in G minor, Op.10
Debussy, Préludes, Bk 2 no. 4: Les fées sont d'exquises danseuses
Debussy, Préludes, Bk 2 no. 5: Bruyères
Debussy, Préludes, Bk 2 no. 6: Général Lavine - eccentric
Debussy, Préludes, Bk 2 no. 7: La Terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
Debussy, Préludes, Bk 2 no. 11: Les tierces alternées
Debussy, Préludes, Bk 2 no. 12: Feux d'artifice
Franck, Piano Quintet in F minor
Performers
Takács Quartet
Marc-André Hamelin, Piano
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George Slater-Walker
George Slater-Walker
George recently graduated with a BA in Music at Magdalen College Oxford and is now pursuing the life of a horn player in London and elsewhere. His particular interest lies in fin-de-siècle Austro-German music and art.