Archived Event

Beethoven, Shostakovich and Schumann
Razumovsky Ensemble
Date
Wed 10 Dec 2014, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
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  • Razumovsky Ensemble

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    Overview

    Shostakovich’s Fourth String Quartet, written the year after performances of his music were officially forbidden in the Soviet Union, requires its interpreters to strike a balance between open expression and something altogether more introvert.

    The Razumovsky Ensemble’s musicians also address the musical and emotional contrasts of Beethoven’s light-hearted Serenade and Schumann’s impassioned Piano Quintet, a genre-defining masterwork.

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