Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits, Part 5; Carducci Quartet
Milton Court, Milton Court Concert Hall, EC2Y 9BH , [Venue Details]Our Shostakovich cycle began with the Quartet No 1, and ends, inevitably, with No 15, staring death resolutely in the face, a work heart-stopping in its searing intensity.
Empowered by the great adagios of late Beethoven, Shostakovich’s quartet farewell is music for which isolation holds no terrors: five sombre Adagios (the composer’s instruction was to play so slowly ‘flies drop dead in mid-air’) plus a Funeral March. The Quartet No 7 remembers Shostakovich’s beloved first wife Nina, finally retreating into affectionate reminiscence, then grateful repose. First, though, comes the Quartet No 10 composed in 1963 when, creatively restored, Shostakovich gleefully dedicated it to his fellow composer Mieczysław Weinberg, who had only notched up 9!
The Kyan Quartet shoulders the Quartet No 7, while the Carduccis square up to the immense challenges of No 15. ‘A constant questioning’ is a hallmark of their Shostakovich says The Arts Desk, and no quartet raises more profound questions.
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Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits, Part 5; Carducci Quartet
Thursday, 29 May 2025 @7.30pm
Milton Court, Milton Court Concert Hall, EC2Y 9BHMore Information
Our Shostakovich cycle began with the Quartet No 1, and ends, inevitably, with No 15, staring death resolutely in the face, a work heart-stopping in its searing intensity.
Empowered by the great adagios of late Beethoven, Shostakovich’s quartet farewell is music for which isolation holds no terrors: five sombre Adagios (the composer’s instruction was to play so slowly ‘flies drop dead in mid-air’) plus a Funeral March. The Quartet No 7 remembers Shostakovich’s beloved first wife Nina, finally retreating into affectionate reminiscence, then grateful repose. First, though, comes the Quartet No 10 composed in 1963 when, creatively restored, Shostakovich gleefully dedicated it to his fellow composer Mieczysław Weinberg, who had only notched up 9!
The Kyan Quartet shoulders the Quartet No 7, while the Carduccis square up to the immense challenges of No 15. ‘A constant questioning’ is a hallmark of their Shostakovich says The Arts Desk, and no quartet raises more profound questions.
Admission
Min: £15.00
Max: £40.00
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