Artists
- Pavel Haas Quartet
- Harriet Krijghcello
- Date
- Fri 07 Oct 2016, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Anton Webern1883-1945
- Fünf Sätze Op. 5
- Dmitry Shostakovich1906-1975
- String Quartet No. 2 in A Op. 68
Interval
- Franz Schubert1797-1828
- String Quintet in C D956
Overview
Sound and silence share equal importance inWebern’s Fünf Sätze, exquisitely crafted miniatures forstring quartet.
The Pavel Haas Quartet also performsShostakovich’s Second String Quartet Op. 68,dedicated to Vissarion Shebalin, one of the fewcomposers who stood by him after his denunciationfor ‘bourgeois formalism’ in the newspaper Pravdain 1936, and is joined by young Dutch cellist HarrietKrijgh in Schubert’s sublime String Quintet.
This concert is part of the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust ticket scheme, offering free tickets to those aged 8-25
