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Elliott Carter's String Quartet No.3
Novelist and poet Mark Haddon explains what it is about Elliott Carter's String Quartet No.3 that reminds him of an argumentative family meal; the composer himself describes with relish his 'eclipses' of sound; and Paul Griffiths explains Carter's use of metric modulation.
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Radio 3's Fifty Modern Classics
Artists and musicians introduce 50 pieces of music composed between 1950 and 2000.
