Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits
A series with the Carducci Quartet
Marking 50 years since the composer’s death, the Carduccis take us on a five-concert odyssey through the complete string quartets – works that enshrine his inner life, loves and closest friendships.
Having performed complete cycles of Shostakovich’s quartets across three continents, the Carduccis are match-fit for our commemoration. Of their recording of quartets Nos 1, 2 and 7, Gramophone observed ‘these are athletic, upfront performances, forthright in tone, and bold in articulation’.
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Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits, Part 1
Marking 50 years since the composer’s death, the Carduccis inaugurate a five-concert odyssey through the complete string quartets – works that enshrine his inner life, loves and closest friendships.
Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits, Part 2
Sofia Gubaidulina contemplates unfinished J S Bach as the Carduccis survey Shostakovich in triplicate across some two decades.
Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits, Part 3
The multinational young Kyan Quartet joins the Carduccis as Gubaidulina’s compact Quartet No 2 is stitched into a Shostakovich sequence including the penultimate quartet, with its focus on the cello.
Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits, Part 4
Three quartets unite to perform the Chamber Symphony enlargement of Shostakovich’s 8th quartet, crowning a programme including Firsova’s ardent, deftly-plotted Quartet No 4.
Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits, Part 5
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.
