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John Toal introduces the Calidore Quartet in an all-Beethoven programme at the Portico of Ards in County Down: a beautiful Greek-style church on the shores of Strangford Lough.

Beethoven: Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op 95, 'Serioso'
Beethoven: Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op 74, 'Harp'
Beethoven: Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op 59. No. 1, 'Rasumovsky'

Jeffrey Myers, Violin
Ryan Meehan, Violin
Jeremy Berry, Viola
Estelle Choi, Cello

During the interval the Ulster Orchestra performs Britten's Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op 33a, conducted by Tom Fetherstonhaugh. As a child his mother, Edith, was certain of his destiny: he would be a musician, and not just an ordinary musician. A childhood friend recalled that 鈥渜uite often we would talk about the three Bs ... Bach, Beethoven and Brahms.鈥� She was determined that her son should become the fourth B.