Quatuor Danel: Shostakovich 'Friends & Mentors'
Schedule
Fri, 28 Nov, 2025 at 07:30 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Pembroke College Cambridge | Cambridge, EN
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Across three concerts, Quatuor Danel traces the personal and political landscape of Shostakovich’s life through a selection of his string quartets – works he once described as a “diary”. The three themed concerts explore ‘Friends and Mentors’ (28 November), ‘Folk Themes’ (29 November afternoon) and ‘From Cradle to Grave’ (29 November evening).
‘Friends & Mentors’:
Quartets 5, 7 and 10 are, in turn, expressions of thanks, mourning and kinship to those who shaped and shared his inner world: from the Beethoven Quartet who premiered many of Shostakovich’s quartets; to his first wife, Nina, who had died six years earlier; and a kindred spirit in the composer Mieczysław Weinberg.
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Where is it happening?
Pembroke College Cambridge, Trumpington St,Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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