Brodsky Quartet spin the Wheel of 4Tunes in Edinburgh

By Alan Coady, 19 March 2013

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Reviewed at Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Edinburgh on 18 March 2013

Turina, La oración del torero (The Bullfighter's Prayer), Op.34

Beethoven, String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, "Serioso", Op.95

Golijov, Tenebrae, for string quartet

Tchaikovsky, String Quartet no. 1 in D major, Op.11

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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.