Over four concerts the renowned Brodsky Quartet will couple works of old masters with the too rarely heard complete cycle of quartets by Alexander Zemlinsky. This Jewish Viennese composer was a protégé of Brahms and Bruckner and colleague of Mahler and Schoenberg. The series is complemented by at talk at the ACF by Antony Beaumont on Zemlinsky’s quartets on 20 November 2013.
1 December: St Stephen’s, Rosslyn Hill, Pond Street, London NW3 2PP
3 December: Hampstead Parish Church, Church Row, London NW3 6UU;
For further details visit www.hampsteadartsfestival.com or www.brodskyquartet.co.uk