Artists
- Borodin Quartet
- Date
- Thu 01 Jun 2017, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827
- String Quartet in B flat Op. 18 No. 6
Interval
- Dmitry Shostakovich1906-1975
- String Quartet No. 12 in D flat major Op. 133
Overview
The Borodins continue their survey of thecomplete quartets of Beethoven andShostakovich, composers essential tothe ensemble’s artistic identity since itsformation in 1945.
They open with the mostinnovative and introspective of Beethoven’sOp. 18 quartets, placing it in companywith Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 12,another work of visionary imaginationand originality.