# Britten and the String Quartet: A Classical Impulse

- Institution: Gresham College
- Taught by: Professor Roger Parker FBA, The Badke Quartet
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Music
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/britten-and-string-quartet-classical-impulse)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The first in a series of three talks and performances to mark the centenary of the birth of Benjamin Britten. The Badke Quartet performs Britten's String Quartet No 1 in D major (1941).

## Lectures

1. [Britten and the String Quartet: A Classical Impulse - String Quartet No.1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-britten-and-string-quartet-classical-impulse/d9e4f4eba14d) (YouTube)
2. [Britten and the String Quartet: A Classical Impulse - String Quartet No.2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-britten-and-string-quartet-classical-impulse/c00b1601aec2) (YouTube)
3. [Britten and the String Quartet: A Classical Impulse - String Quartet No.3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-britten-and-string-quartet-classical-impulse/42235d6d58d2) (YouTube)