Lionel Bradley in Wigmore Hall - 13 February, 1939
from Lionel Bradley Bulletin, 13 Feb 1939:
Feb. 13 Monday Pop. Kolisch Quartet
Having missed their two recitals I was glad that the Kolisch Quartet appeared also at the Pops & that for Haydn’s quartet in E flat (op 76, 6) they had substituted the one in B flat (op 76, 4). The E flat is less consistently good than most of the later Haydn Quartets but the B flat is a lovely work & seemed to me to be very well played. Ten days ago the critics accused their Mozart playing of being dull. Perhaps they will say this was dull, too: but it wasn’t. Of course the Kolisch are pre-eminent in modern works & … more >>
Lionel Bradley, Lionel Bradley Bulletin, 13 Feb 1939. In Special Collections, Royal College of Music, number LJHB-02/034. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1419008049672 accessed: 14 December, 2024
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Lyric Suite
written by Alban Berg |
performed by Kolisch Quartet |
Quartet in B flat (op 76, 4)
written by Haydn |
performed by Kolisch Quartet |
Quartetsatz in C minor
written by Franz Schubert |
performed by Kolisch Quartet |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 13 February, 1939 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |