Artists
- The Endellion String Quartet
- Date
- Tue 20 Oct 2015, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Joseph Haydn1732-1809
- String Quartet in E flat Op. 76 No. 6 80
- Dmitry Shostakovich1906-1975
- String Quartet No. 8 in C minor Op. 110
Interval
- Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827
- String Quartet in B flat Op. 130:
- with Grosse Fuge Op. 133
Overview
The Endellion String Quartet ends the first concertin its Wigmore Hall series with Beethoven's Op. 130,a towering masterwork given here with its originalfinale, the endlessly rewarding Grosse Fuge.
Haydn’sutterly delightful late Op. 76 No. 6 and Shostakovich’sintense and autobiographical Eighth String Quartetform the programme’s rich first half.
The Endellion String Quartet is most grateful to Lark Insurance Group for their sponsorship of its 2015-2016 Concert Series at Wigmore Hall in London and at West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge.