Benjamin Britten: String Quartet No.1 in D minor - Professor Roger Parker and the Badke Quartet

A talk and performance to mark the centenary of the birth of Benjamin Britten. Professor Roger Parker discusses Benjamin Britten's first string quartet, before The Badke Quartet performs in full the String Quartet No 1 in D major (1941).

The transcript and downloadable versions of this event by Professor Roger Parker and The Badke Quartet are available from the Gresham College website:
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