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Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits, Part 2

A series with the Carducci Quartet

,Milton Court Concert Hall
Photo of Carducci Quartet in formal dress smiling at the camera

Sofia Gubaidulina contemplates unfinished J S Bach as the Carduccis survey Shostakovich in triplicate across some two decades.

Mahler meets Prokofiev in the Quartet No 6, which Shostakovich started to sketch on honeymoon following his marriage to second wife Margarita Kainova. The 12th, composed after a spell of bad health signalled a decisive return of confidence, (‘it’s a symphony, a symphony’ he enthused). It’s inscribed to his devoted friend Dmitri Tsyganov, first violinist of the Beethoven Quartet. The Carduccis end with No 3, one of Shostakovich's finest works and the only one he wrote in 1946, when the Soviet state began a campaign of censorship.

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This performance will end at approximately 9.15pm with a 20 minute interval. 

Produced by the Barbican

Programme

  • Dmitri Shostakovich   Quartet No 12
  •   Quartet No 6
  • Sofia Gubaidulina   Reflections on the Theme B-A-C-H
  • Dmitri Shostakovich   Quartet No 3

Performers

  • Carducci Quartet  
‘Fabulously aggressive, full of iron pizzicatos and flying bow hair‘
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Milton Court Concert Hall

Location
Milton Court Concert Hall is located within the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is approximately a 5 minute walk from the Barbican entrance on Silk Street.  

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Milton Court
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EC2Y 9BH

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We are within walking distance from a number of London Underground stations, the closest being Barbican, Old Street, St Paul’s and Moorgate. The nearest train stations are Liverpool Street and Farringdon. Bus Route 153 runs directly past the Barbican along Chiswell Street

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