Brodsky Quartet - Last string quartets by Beethoven and Shostakovich

Brodsky Quartet - Last string quartets by Beethoven and Shostakovich

Program:

Beethoven - String Quartet no. 14, on. 131

Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 15, on. 144


Experience the Brodsky Quartet in the Edesche Concert Hall
The Brodsky Quartet has been a prominent player in the world of string quartet for decades. But after the successful performance at Prinsengracht 2017, many a music lover in the Netherlands has taken this famous string quartet to heart. About what the secret behind this success is, viola player Paul Cassidy says: "We have never confined ourselves to one thing. We are at home in classical music, but also like to work with musicians from the world of pop and jazz"
(Read the interview with viola player Paul Cassidy.)

Beethoven at its best

"What can you compose next?" Schubert sighed when he heard Beethoven's 'Fourteenth String Quartet'. This string quartet still makes a deep impression. What is special is that Beethoven has expanded the usually four-part string quartet here into a seven-part masterpiece in such a way that these parts flow into one another. As a result, this string quartet resembles a forty-minute improvisation, as if the music were created on the spot. Let Beethoven's unbridled imagination carry you away by what he himself called his most successful string quartet. Beethoven at its best!


Shostakovich's last

In his last string quartet Shostakovich looks back one more time. Although the composer wrote most of the piece in the hospital, he had not yet lost his sense of morbid humour. So Shostakovich instructed the Beethoven Quartet to play the first part 'Elegy' in such a way "that the flies would fall dead from the sky, and the audience would leave the hall out of boredom". Nothing could be further from the truth. Consisting of six slow movements, this is undoubtedly Shostakovich's most moving and intimate string quartet of the fifteen he composed


Soundbite Like many of Shostakovich's earlier string quartets, his last quartet ends in silence. "Sometimes such a hushed end is peaceful and resigned," says second violinist Ian Belton. "But often it's as if the music is still going on in your head. The music doesn't end, it's just not audible anymore."


This concert will be broadcasted live by the NTR on Radio 4.


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Thursday 5 April 2018, 20:00

The world-famous British Brodsky Quartet is mentioned in the same breath as the music of Dmitri Shostakovich. Experience Shostakovich's last string quartet under the hands of this now renowned ensemble. In the Edesche Concert Hall the Brodsky's will connect this masterpiece with Beethoven's sublime String Quartet. 131. The according to NRC Handelsblad matured approach, glowing sound and personal interpretation make the playing of this string quartet an unforgettable experience.

When and where

Begin time:
Thursday 5 April 2018, 20:00

The Edesche Concert Hall. Unheard of acoustics, intimate beauty, one of the most beautiful concert grand pianos in the Netherlands with the very best musicians. From one hour before the start of the concert you are welcome in the Edesche Concert Hall, for example for a cup of coffee in advance. Please note: during the performance we do not grant access to the concert hall The Edesche Concertzaal is unsubsidized and is made possible by Eskes Media / DagjeWeg.NL.

  • Many payment options online;
  • Stage Gift Card OK, also online;
  • Free coffee/drinks/breakfasts;
  • Free wardrobe;
  • Free luxury program magazine;
  • Free and paid parking in the vicinity;
  • ECLive! Listen to the concert again in high quality afterwards (at selected concerts);
  • Enjoy the Edesche Concert Hall Diner at the adjacent atmospheric restaurant Buitenzorg;
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  • NPO Radio 4 broadcasts regularly from the Edesche Concertzaal. Listen again to e.g.

Edesche Concertzaal

Amsterdamseweg 9, Ede

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