Events · Doric String Quartet, Wigmore Hall

Formal symmetry and thematic consistency govern the elemental power of Bartók’s Fourth String Quartet, written in the summer of 1928. The Doric String Quartet, described by Gramophone as ‘one of the finest young string quartets’, pairs the Hungarian composer’s complex creation with Debussy’s early G minor Quartet, a work that ditched the rulebook in search of expressive freedom. Wigmore Hall at 1 pm.