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Pittville Pump Room
East Approach Drive
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL52 3JE
England
Programme
Karen Tanaka – At the Grave of Beethoven
Benjamin Britten – String Quartet no.3 in G major, Op.94
Dmitry Shostakovich – String Quartet no.9 in E flat major, Op.117
Performers
Brodsky Quartet
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Programme Note
Celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, the Brodsky Quartet’s energy and craftsmanship have attracted numerous awards and accolades worldwide. At the Grave of Beethoven was commissioned by the Brodsky Quartet. Responding to the tension and anxiety of modern life, the composer channels the pure spirit and ardent hope of the young Beethoven. Britten’s third string quartet was the composer’s last completed instrumental work, written during his final illness and described as “the moment where he gives up his soul, in music of affecting beauty”. Hugely admired interpreters of Shostakovich, the Quartet finish the programme with String Quartet No 9: rich, complex and full of humanity.
