Amôn String Quartet
The Russian String Quartet III
chamber music
Sun 29
Jan
2017
-15.00
| introduction by Klaas Coulembier | 14.15 |
| start | 15.00 |
| expected end time | 16.47 |
| with break | |
All prices include booking fees.
Under 26? Enjoy 50% discount!
Outstanding quartets by Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Raskatov
For the Russian intelligentsia, chamber music was almost as trivial as ballet. Tchaikovsky, however, delivered outstanding Russian pioneering work in this field. His First String Quartet was a huge success in Russia and even more so abroad. The key to its success is its immensely popular Andante cantabile, a beautiful setting of a Russian folk song. Shostakovich and Raskatov had to deal with a disapproving Soviet regime. After Shostakovich's Ninth Symphony was censored, his Third String Quartet was also criticised, because in it Shostakovich obliquely refers to the Soviet Union’s terrible abuses. Shostakovich nevertheless considered this quartet to be one of his best works. The Amon String Quartet glitter in this outstanding selection of Russian quartets.
programme
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Andante cantabile in B-flat from String Quartet no. 1, opus 11
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
String Quartet no. 3 in F, opus 73
Alexander Raskatov (1953)
I Will See a Rose at the End of the Path
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Andante cantabile in B-flat from String Quartet no. 1, opus 11
Sun 29
Jan
2017
-15.00
| introduction by Klaas Coulembier | 14.15 |
| start | 15.00 |
| expected end time | 16.47 |
| with break | |
All prices include booking fees.
Under 26? Enjoy 50% discount!
