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Jerusalem Quartet
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Shostakovich Cycle

Jerusalem Quartet

Programme & Song Text
Date
Tue 03 Jun 2025, 7.30pm
Tickets
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Duration

This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval

Availability

Artists

  • Jerusalem Quartet
    • Alexander Pavlovskyviolin
    • Sergei Breslerviolin
    • Ori Kamviola
    • Kyril Zlotnikovcello

Programme

  • Dmitry Shostakovich
    1906-1975
      • String Quartet No. 13 in B flat minor Op. 138
      • String Quartet No. 14 in F sharp Op. 142

Interval

Overview

Shostakovich’s final string quartets, each shaded by the composer’s failing health and deepening melancholy, speak to the mood of our times. The Jerusalem Quartet crowns its Wigmore Hall series with the meditative Fifteenth Quartet, a work of dark, indescribable beauty.

This concert is supported by The Marchus Trust

This concert is part of the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust ticket scheme, offering free tickets to those aged 8-25

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