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Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits, Part 4

Name: Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits, Part 4
Start: 2025-04-29T19:30:00
Location: Milton Court Concert Hall

Barbican Centre

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Composed in the ruins of war-devastated Dresden in just three days, Shostakovich’s Quartet No 8 (here in the upscaled version by Rudolf Barshai), is one of the most harrowing testaments in all 20th century music. Deploying his musical monogram DSCH at every turn, the composer wrote himself into it. The single-movement Quartet No 13, dedicated to violist Vadim Borovsky, gives eloquent voice to his instrument. Bartók’s music, heard in New York, fue...

Program

Elena Firsova - String Quartet No. 4

Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 8

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Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 13

Composer

Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 4

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Barbican Centre

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1 dates (29 Apr - 29 Apr)