Artists
- Schumann Quartet
- Date
- Mon 14 May 2018, 1.00pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Dmitry Shostakovich1906-1975
- String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor Op. 108
- Franz Schubert1797-1828
- Rosamunde D804
Overview
Resilience in the face of grief andthe human spirit’s transcendentpower find expression inShostakovich’s String Quartet No.7, written soon after his first wife’ssudden death. The SchumannQuartet places the work togetherwith the arching melodies ofSchubert’s ‘Rosamunde’ Quartet.
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