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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Artists, musicians and composers introduce fifty key pieces of classical music composed between 1950 and 2000. As featured in the BBC Radio 3 programme, Hear & Now.