BBC Music Magazine

An occasion of burning passions and flickering emotion

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Here’s an image to have any company fire officer waking up in a cold sweat. Though concerts by candleligh­t have long been a part of the classical music scene, the Quatuor Bregovic took things to a new level for their recent performanc­e at Café Högloftet in Skansen, Stockholm by getting up close and personal not just with the audience but with the candlles themselves. The concert was one of a series in the Swedish capital over late March and early April in which the pleasant odour of melting wax was accompanie­d by the strains of composers such as Vivaldi, John Williams and, in this instance, Queen. We hope that a concert of works by George Frideric Candle is also on the agenda…

 ?? ?? A little light music: Quatuor Bregovic wax lyrical in Stockholm
A little light music: Quatuor Bregovic wax lyrical in Stockholm

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