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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.
Dmitri ShostakovichQuartet No 1
Quartet No 5
Galina UstvolskayaClarinet Trio
Dmitri ShostakovichQuartet No 9
Carducci Quartet
Sonoro Quartet
Guildhall School musicians
Event
Classical music
Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits, Part 2
Sofia Gubaidulina contemplates unfinished J S Bach as the Carduccis survey Shostakovich in triplicate across some two decades.
Dmitri ShostakovichQuartet No 12
Quartet No 6
Sofia GubaidulinaReflections on the Theme B-A-C-H
Dmitri ShostakovichQuartet No 3
Carducci Quartet
Event
Classical music
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.
Dmitri ShostakovichQuartet No 14
Quartet No 11
Sofia GubaidulinaQuartet No 2
Dmitri ShostakovichQuartet No 2
Carducci Quartet
Kyan Quartet
Event
Classical music
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.
Dmitri ShostakovichQuartet No 4
Quartet No 13
Elena FirsovaQuartet No 4
Dmitri ShostakovichQuartet No 8
Carducci Quartet
Elmore Quartet
Kyan Quartet
Event
Classical music
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.
