Storgårds conducts Shostakovich
Storgårds conducts Shostakovich in Manchester, See official event dates, Check official times, at Bridgewater Hall. This duality - between outer confidence, and a...
This duality - between outer confidence, and a more inward fear - is a central theme of both of these towering works from the 20th century musical literature. His String Quartet No. 8, dedicated ‘to the victims of fascism and war,’ was written in just three days, a grave, personal, emotionally charged span of dark hues and arresting vigour. It opens with Shostakovich’s famous four-note musical moniker which reappears regularly, tying tighter the binds between musical expression and autobiography. To perform this exquisitely constructed work, we welcome acclaimed BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists, the NOVO Quartet, to the Bridgewater Hall stage. Premiered in 1942 and immediately taken up internationally as a sign of solidarity, Shostakovich’s Leningrad Symphony is the single most...
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- Bridgewater Hall
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- Lower Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3WS
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