Artists
- Elias String Quartet
- Date
- Fri 22 Jun 2018, 7.00pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Maurice Ravel1875-1937
- String Quartet in F
- Dmitry Shostakovich1906-1975
- String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor Op. 108
Interval
- Bedřich Smetana1824-1884
- String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From my life'
Encore
- Da Day Dawn(arranged by Donald Grant)
- Donald Shawb. 1967
- Calum's Road(arranged by Donald Grant)
- Donald Grantb. 1980
- One for Mary
Overview
Following its deep immersion inBeethoven’s quartets, the EliasString Quartet turns to musicalreflections of national identity andautobiography.
Shostakovich’sSeventh Quartet was written inmemory of his first wife, while‘From my life’ captures the traumaof Smetana’s deafness.
This concert is part of the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust ticket scheme, offering free tickets to those aged 8-25
