Artists
- Borodin Quartet
- Date
- Thu 30 Jan 2020, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Dmitry Shostakovich1906-1975
- String Quartet No. 6 in G Op. 101
- Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827
- String Quartet in F Op. 18 No. 1
Interval
- Aleksandr Porfiryevich Borodin1833-1887
- String Quartet No. 2 in D
Encore
- Dmitry Shostakovich1906-1975
- Music from Girl Friends Op. 41a:
- Prelude
Overview
An historic ensemble, theBorodin Quartet was founded in1945 in Moscow, where all itsmembers – original, subsequentand current – have studied.The group’s close associationwith Shostakovich has given itparticular authority in his works,and equally in the music of itsnamesake, Alexander Borodin.