Light Out of Darkness - T0204136617Haydn wrestles a powerful musical drama out of just four notes, Schubert draws emotion out of the darkness in an enigmatic unfinished masterpiece, and Shostakovich proves that even his shortest quartet can pack a formidable punch. If there's one thing that string quartets know, it's that great things often come in small parcels Performer Roger Coull (violin). Performer Philip Gallaway (viollin). Performer Jonathan Barritt (viola). Performer Nick Roberts (cello). | |
20 Nov 19 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L0225044370 |
Terror, Tenderness and Transcendence - T0589409594From the telegraph room of a doomed warship flood messages of terror, determination and - somehow, incredibly - love. Cecilia McDowall's String Quartet dates from 2005, and though it's short it carries a powerful emotional punch. It's a vision of a lost world to set beside Mozart's joyous G major Quartet - Amadeus at the top of his game - and the transcendent beauty of Beethoven's Quartet Op.127: music that never sounds any less extraordinary. | |
9 May 19 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L805819897 |