{"id":2615,"date":"2011-02-08T13:17:57","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T12:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=2615"},"modified":"2011-02-08T13:19:38","modified_gmt":"2011-02-08T12:19:38","slug":"south-american-flavours-brodsky-quartet-and-the-exotic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2011\/02\/08\/south-american-flavours-brodsky-quartet-and-the-exotic\/","title":{"rendered":"South American flavours: Brodsky Quartet and the exotic"},"content":{"rendered":"

A richly intoxicating evening with the innovative Brodsky Quartet beckons, as they bring a flavour of the exotic to the University’s Gulbenkian Theatre.<\/a> They are teaming up with flautist Diana Baroni to explore music from South America in their concert on Wednesday 23 February.<\/p>\n

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The Brodsky Quartet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A heady and exciting programme includes Tavener\u2019s Prayer of the Heart<\/em>, which was written for the Quartet and pop singer Bj\u00f6rk, asw well as a feast of traditional music from Peru and Bolivia. Tantalisingly, the Quartet have also said that they’re bringing a tubular bell and a Tibetan bowl: in order to find out how they’ll be using them in the performance, though, you’ll have to come along and see…<\/p>\n

Steadfast professionals, their concert this time last year saw them braving fearsome snow and icy conditions to reach the campus: here’s hoping the warmth of their programme will keep adverse weather at bay.<\/p>\n

Further details on the department website here<\/a>: this is one you’ll definitely not want to miss.<\/p>\n