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Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits, Part 4
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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...
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1 dates (29 Apr - 29 Apr)
Apr
29
Tue
7:30 pm
Milton Court Concert Hall
London, United Kingdom
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