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Winning French programme from Quatuor Van Kuijk at Leamington Music

By Hedy Mühleck, 06 November 2016
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Reviewed at Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa on 4 November 2016
Programme
Ravel, String Quartet in F major
Poulenc, Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon, FP 122
Poulenc, Les Chemins de l'amour, FP 106 Ia
Poulenc, Fiançailles pour rire, FP 101: Fleurs
Debussy, String Quartet in G minor, Op.10
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Quatuor Van Kuijk
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Hedy Mühleck
Hedy Mühleck
Hedy is a former Bachtrack German Editor and Press Liaison. She's a musicologist, a great fan of British music of the 19th and 20th century, a folk musician, bibliophile and a coffee and tea aficionado. She also likes singing, cats, and to make all kinds of sweet treats.