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→ dcterms:description → "<p><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;color:#000000;font-family:'open sans', arial, sans-serif;font-size:18px;">Exp</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;color:#000000;font-family:'open sans', arial, sans-serif;font-size:18px;">e</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;color:#000000;font-family:'open sans', arial, sans-serif;font-size:18px;">rience the intense emotional power of Shostakovich’s String Quartets. The Carducci Quartet paint an intimate portrait of the great composer through music and spoken word.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:1.5rem;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;background:#ffffff;border:0px;color:#000000;font-family:'open sans', arial, sans-serif;">Shostakovich walked a delicate tightrope, balancing political pragmatism with personal expression against the backdrop of Josef Stalin’s tyrannical Soviet regime. For this concert, the composer’s music is interspersed with historical sources and letters from him to one of his closest friends. They are read by British actor <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;font-weight:700;">Anton Lesser</span> (<em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;">Game of Thrones</em>, <em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;">Endeavour</em>, <em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;">The Crown</em>). Together, they paint a fascinating picture of how music offered a much-needed emotional outlet in the most difficult of times.</p><p style="margin-bottom:1.5rem;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;background:#ffffff;border:0px;color:#000000;font-family:'open sans', arial, sans-serif;">Guiding you through the perilous politics and personal highs and lows are the <a%20href="https://carducciquartet.com/"%20style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;color:#ff3366;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;font-weight:700;">Carducci Quartet</span></a>. They cemented their reputation as leading interpreters of Shostakovich in 2015 with an ambitious, seven-hour marathon of all 15 quartets. The Guardian called this five-star undertaking ‘truly extraordinary’.</p><p style="margin-bottom:1.5rem;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;background:#ffffff;border:0px;color:#000000;font-family:'open sans', arial, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;font-weight:700;">Carducci String Quartet</span><br /><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;font-weight:700;">Matthew Denton, Michelle Fleming</span> violin<br /><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;font-weight:700;">Eoin Schmidt Martin</span> viola<br /><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;font-weight:700;">Emma Denton</span> cello</p><p style="margin-bottom:1.5rem;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;background:#ffffff;border:0px;color:#000000;font-family:'open sans', arial, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;font-weight:700;">Anton Lesser</span> narrator</p><p style="margin-bottom:1.5rem;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;background:#ffffff;border:0px;color:#000000;font-family:'open sans', arial, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;font-weight:700;">Shostakovich</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:1.5rem;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;background:#ffffff;border:0px;color:#000000;font-family:'open sans', arial, sans-serif;">A selection of movements from string quartets:<br />Polka – Two pieces for String Quartet (1931)<br /><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;">Muddle instead of Music (28th January 1936, Pravda)</em><br />Quartet No 1 in C, Op 49 – I. Moderato<br /><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;">Letters from Dmitry Shostakovich to Isaak Glikman</em><br />Quartet No 2 in A, Op 68 – I. Overture: Moderato con moto<br /><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;">Zhdanov decree (1948)</em><br />Quartet No 4 in D, Op 83 – I. Allegretto<br /><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;">Recollections of a concert performance of Shostakovich’s Quartet No. 4</em><br />Quartet No 4 in D major, Op 83 – Il. Andantino<br /><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;">Telephone call with Stalin (March 1949)</em><br />Quartet No 7 in F sharp minor, Op 108 – I. Allegretto<br /><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;">Story of a friendship – Glikman</em><br />Quartet No 8 in C minor, Op 110 – I. Largo & II. Allegro molto<br /><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;font-weight:700;">Interval</span><br /><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;">Story of a friendship – Glikman</em><br />Quartet No 10 in Ab major, Op 118 – Adagio<br /><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;">Story of a friendship – Glikman</em><br />Quartet No 11 in F minor, Op 122 – IV. Etude & V. Humoresque<br /><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;">Nikita Khrushchev, Declaration on Music in Soviet Society (March 8, 1963)</em><br />Quartet No 13 in Bb minor, Op 138 – Doppio movimento<br /><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;">Story of a friendship – Glikman</em><br />Quartet No 15 in E flat minor, Op 144 – VI. Epilogue: Adagio</p><p style="margin-bottom:1.5rem;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;background:#ffffff;border:0px;color:#000000;font-family:'open sans', arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.turnersims.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cavatina-web.jpg" class="img-hyperlink" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;color:#ff3366;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-34046" src="https://www.turnersims.co.uk/wp-content/webp-express/webp-images/uploads/2023/06/cavatina-web.jpg.webp" width="296" height="127" alt="" style="margin:5px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-width:0px;float:none;height:auto;" /></a> </p><p style="margin-bottom:1.5rem;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;background:#ffffff;border:0px;color:#000000;font-family:'open sans', arial, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;font-weight:700;"><a href="https://www.turnersims.co.uk/venue-information/cavatina-scheme/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;color:#ff3366;">FREE TICKETS FOR 8-25 YEAR OLDS TO SELECTED CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS</a></span> Through the generous support of the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, we are able to offer young people aged 8-25 the fantastic opportunity to experience selected concerts absolutely free.<br /></p><p><br /></p>"^^http://purl.org/xtypes/Fragment-XHTML
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