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Brodsky Quartet Krysia Osostowicz violin Ian Belton violin Paul Cassidy viola Jacqueline Thomas cello Dmitri Shostakovich Complete String Quartet Cycle Malvern Concert Club is proud and delighted in equal measure to have been invited by the Brodsky Quartet to host this Shostakovich cycle in Malvern in June 2024. Sunday 9 June 3.00pm: Quartets 10 & 15 (Introductory note to Quartets 10 & 15 by Paul Cassidy) Perhaps it’s because of where it lies in the cycle, between Nina, Dmitri and Irina and the four members of the Beethoven Quartet, but No.10 always strikes me as a little oasis. Whilst its outer…
Brodsky Quartet Krysia Osostowicz violin Ian Belton violin Paul Cassidy viola Jacqueline Thomas cello Dmitri Shostakovich Complete String Quartet Cycle Malvern Concert Club is proud and delighted in equal measure to have been invited by the Brodsky Quartet to host this Shostakovich cycle in Malvern in June 2024. Sunday 9 June 11.30am: Quartets 11, 12, 13 & 14 (Introductory note to Quartets 11-14 by Paul Cassidy) The untimely death of Vasili Shirinsky, the 2nd violin of the Beethoven Quartet, led Shostakovich to write four quartets dedicated to the four members of that group who had worked with him so closely. No.11,…
Brodsky Quartet Krysia Osostowicz violin Ian Belton violin Paul Cassidy viola Jacqueline Thomas cello Dmitri Shostakovich Complete String Quartet Cycle Malvern Concert Club is proud and delighted in equal measure to have been invited by the Brodsky Quartet to host this Shostakovich cycle in Malvern in June 2024. Saturday 8 June 7.30pm: Quartets 7, 8 & 9 (Introductory note to Quartets 7-9 by Paul Cassidy) And so we arrive at the heart of the Cycle, a staging post, if you like, on the most personal journey in all of music. No.7, written in memory of his first wife Nina, is the…
Brodsky Quartet Krysia Osostowicz violin Ian Belton violin Paul Cassidy viola Jacqueline Thomas cello Dmitri Shostakovich Complete String Quartet Cycle Malvern Concert Club is proud and delighted in equal measure to have been invited by the Brodsky Quartet to host this Shostakovich cycle in Malvern in June 2024. Saturday 8 June 3.00pm: Quartets 6, 4 & 5 (Introductory note to Quartets 4-6 by Paul Cassidy) The sixth quartet finds the composer in a very settled mood. Supposedly written as a little birthday present to himself, it trots along seemingly without a care in the world. Its almost incessant serenity is most…
Brodsky Quartet Krysia Osostowicz violin Ian Belton violin Paul Cassidy viola Jacqueline Thomas cello Dmitri Shostakovich Complete String Quartet Cycle Malvern Concert Club is proud and delighted in equal measure to have been invited by the Brodsky Quartet to host this Shostakovich cycle in Malvern in June 2024. Friday 7 June 7.30 pm: Quartets 1, 2 & 3 (Introductory note to Quartets 1-3 by Paul Cassidy) The intimacy of bringing a child into the world inspired Shostakovich to turn to that most intimate of all musical forces, the string quartet. Rather like a child, his first quartet is…