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Premiere of the Month: Nathan Williamson on his new work ‘Quartet Black’

2023-06-23T08:31:00

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The Heath Quartet will premiere this abstract, yet personal work on 25 June 2023

‘The colour of the piece is “quartet black”,’ says composer Nathan Williamson about his new string quartet. ‘It has a personal expression but is ultimately abstract, like a colour, which is objective, almost scientific, but so emotive.’..

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