The Edinburgh Quartet play Haydn, Prokofiev and Dvořák at Queen's Hall

By Alan Coady, 11 October 2013

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Reviewed at Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Edinburgh on 9 October 2013

Haydn, String Quartet no. 57 in C major, Op.74 no.1, Hob III:72

Prokofiev, String Quartet no. 2 in F major, Op.92

Dvořák, String Quartet no. 13 in G major, Op.106

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Alan Coady

Alan has taught classical guitar in East Lothian schools since 1982. A graduate in Music of the then Huddersfield Polytechnic, he has a soft spot for the contemporary. He also writes a Musical Blog, where the special interest is the intersection of music/language/science.