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Emerson Quartet plays Britten at the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid

By Alberto Hernández Mateos, 25 November 2013
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Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 21 November 2013
Programme
Works by Purcell
Purcell, Fantasy no. 6 for 4 viols in F major, Z 737
Purcell, Fantasy no. 7 for 4 viols in C minor, Z 738
Britten, String Quartet no. 2 in C major, Op.36
Purcell, Fantasy no. 11 for 4 viols in G major, Z 742
Purcell, Fantasy no. 12 for 4 viols in D minor, Z 743
Britten, String Quartet no. 3, Op.94
Performers
Emerson String Quartet
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Alberto Hernández Mateos
Alberto Hernández Mateos
Alberto Hernández Mateos holds a PhD in Music History, with the dissertation on “The musical thought of Antonio Eximeno”. He has presented papers at many conferences, and has published in several journals. He currently works as a musicologist at the Juan March Foundation, in Madrid.