Episode Synopsis "Inroads to the Elegiac: Violist Doyle Armbrust on the music of composer Thomas Adès"

Spektral Quartet’s Doyle Armbrust talks about propelling the string quartet into new realms–from your mobile phone’s ringtone to the concert hall–before introducing the kinetic and engrossing Arcadiana for string quartet by on of Britain's most celebrated composers Thomas Adès.

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