Artists
- Jerusalem Quartet
- Alexander Pavlovskyviolin
- Sergei Breslerviolin
- Ori Kamviola
- Kyril Zlotnikovcello
Jerusalem Quartet
Image credit: © Felix Broede
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
Interval
Shostakovich has been central to the Jerusalem Quartet’s repertoire for almost thirty years, reflected in multiple performances and critically acclaimed recordings of the Soviet composer’s fifteen string quartets. The quartet launches their keenly awaited Shostakovich cycle at Wigmore Hall with a survey of six works marked by the repercussions of political repression, war and personal tragedy.
‘In mood it is joyful, merry, lyrical,’ Shostakovich wrote of his First Quartet. ‘I would call it “spring-like”,’ he concluded. It makes a strong contrast with the Third Quartet, in which the composer honours the victims of war and Stalin’s Great Terror.
Priority Booking for this concert will open to Friends of Wigmore Hall from Wednesday 18 September at 10.00am. For a full breakdown of booking dates, please visit our Priority Booking page.
General sale for this concert will open at 10.00am on Tuesday 1 October.
This concert is supported by The Marchus Trust