Fitzwilliam String Quartet: Beethoven, Bray, Shostakovich

The Fitzwilliam Quartet open their series of three concerts with

Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 18 No. 1, a work of youthful genius, its famous Adagio inspired by the tragic passion of ‘Romeo and Juliet’. The programme continues with Charlotte Bray’s poignant 2022 work, ‘Ungrievable Lives’, a powerful meditation on the global refugee crisis, concluding with Shostakovich’s monumental Third Quartet, composed in the shadow of the Second World War.

Programme

Beethoven String Quartet Op. 18 No. 1

Charlotte Bray Ungrievable Lives

Shostakovich String Quartet No. 3

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