All aboard the Orient Express for a musical journey through the cultural capitals of early 20th-century Europe. We’ll alight in Paris, Munich, Vienna, Budapest, Bucharest and Istanbul to be transported by glorious string quartets from this opulent era.

Programme

Germaine Tailleferre - String Quartet

Richard Strauss - Quartettsatz in E-flat major, TvV 85

Erich Wolfgang Korngold - String Quartet no.2 in E-flat major, op. 26

~~~ Interval ~~~

Ahmet Adnan Saygun - String Quartet no. 1: III. Allegretto

George Enescu - String Quartet no. 1 in E-flat major, op. 22 no. 1: I. Allegro moderato

Ernst von Dohnányi - String Quartet no. 2 in D-flat major, op. 15

The Bloomsbury Players

Sijie Chen & Will McGahon - violins, Hannah Shaw - viola, Hugh Mackay - ‘cello