Emerson String Quartet – review

Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThomas Adès's The Four Quarters formed the centrepiece of this programme by the Emersons, who are currently touring the work following their premiere performance in Carnegie Hall last month. Coming in at around 20 minutes, its four movements comprise a suite of character pieces rather than providing a substantial or unified musical narrative.They nevertheless offer a wide range of mood and texture within a programmatic trajectory moving from one dusk to the next. The...

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