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Quartet in E flat major, Op 74, 'Harp'
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performers: Danish String Quartet
Recording date: 03 July 2015
Date of broadcast: 01 October 2015
There are no actual harps in this quartet but listen out for the plucked strings in the first movement which sound enough like a plucked harp to earn the nickname. This is particularly vivid toward the end of the first movement where the strings converge in vibrant frenzy.
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performers: Danish String Quartet
Recording date: 03 July 2015
Date of broadcast: 01 October 2015