United Strings of Europe in Haslemere at St Christopher's Church, Haslemere on Saturday 15th February 2025

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United Strings of Europe in Haslemere

Part of the HHH Concerts Haslemere 2024-25 Season

Add to my Calendar 15-02-2025 19:30 15-02-2025 21:30 36 United Strings of Europe in Haslemere The United Strings of Europe presents a dynamic programme featuring highlights from its critically-acclaimed recordings. A hallmark of the ensemble’s approach, several of the pieces are performed in bespoke arrangements, with the addition of the double bass enriching the ensemble’s sound. Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte, inspired by a performance of Haydn’s music by the Brentano Quartet, is emblematic of the composer’s style and has fast become a modern classic. Structured like a minuet and trio, it suddenly takes you ‘to the other side of Alice’s looking glass, in a kind of absurd, subtle, technicolor transition’. Tchaikovsky’s Andante Cantabile, a gem from his String Quartet No. 1, conjures the intimate setting of a 19th-century drawing room with just the right amount of pathos. The ensemble’s recording of the work in an original arrangement for string orchestra is one of the group’s most popular tracks online. Osvaldo Golijov’s Tenebrae is a meditation following the Sept 11th attacks in the USA. Inspired by Couperin’s Leçons de ténèbres and a visit to the New York Planetarium, Golijov observed that ‘the compositional challenge was to write music that would sound as an orbiting spaceship that never touches ground’. Like the Earth viewed from afar, the music offers a "beautiful" surface but, from a metaphorically closer distance, one can hear it is full of pain. Boccherini’s uproarious Music of the Night of the streets of Madrid, presents scenes from 18th-century Spain ranging from the rounds of the night guard to blind beggars playing in the street. The United Strings of Europe ups the ante with some unexpected stylistic twists and turns. Dimitri Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 8 is a towering masterwork of the latter half of the 20th Century. Inspired by a visit to war-torn Dresden, the work is dedicated to the ‘victims of fascism and war’. It is also an extraordinarily personal work for the composer with a musical motif made up of his initials DSCH permeating the entire work. St Christopher's Church, Haslemere DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Christopher's Church
Wey Hill
Haslemere
Surrey
GU27 1DD
England

Saturday 15th February 2025
7:30 PM

Programme

Caroline Shaw – Entr'acte
Dmitry Shostakovich – String Quartet no.8 in C minor, Op.110
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – String Quartet no.1 in D major, Op.11: 2nd movement (Andante cantabile)
Luigi Boccherini – La Musica Notturna delle Strade di Madrid
Osvaldo Golijov – Tenebrae

Performers

Julian Azkoul – violin / artistic director

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Programme Note

The United Strings of Europe presents a dynamic programme featuring highlights from its critically-acclaimed recordings. A hallmark of the ensemble’s approach, several of the pieces are performed in bespoke arrangements, with the addition of the double bass enriching the ensemble’s sound.

Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte, inspired by a performance of Haydn’s music by the Brentano Quartet, is emblematic of the composer’s style and has fast become a modern classic. Structured like a minuet and trio, it suddenly takes you ‘to the other side of Alice’s looking glass, in a kind of absurd, subtle, technicolor transition’.

Tchaikovsky’s Andante Cantabile, a gem from his String Quartet No. 1, conjures the intimate setting of a 19th-century drawing room with just the right amount of pathos. The ensemble’s recording of the work in an original arrangement for string orchestra is one of the group’s most popular tracks online.

Osvaldo Golijov’s Tenebrae is a meditation following the Sept 11th attacks in the USA. Inspired by Couperin’s Leçons de ténèbres and a visit to the New York Planetarium, Golijov observed that ‘the compositional challenge was to write music that would sound as an orbiting spaceship that never touches ground’. Like the Earth viewed from afar, the music offers a "beautiful" surface but, from a metaphorically closer distance, one can hear it is full of pain.

Boccherini’s uproarious Music of the Night of the streets of Madrid, presents scenes from 18th-century Spain ranging from the rounds of the night guard to blind beggars playing in the street. The United Strings of Europe ups the ante with some unexpected stylistic twists and turns.

Dimitri Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 8 is a towering masterwork of the latter half of the 20th Century. Inspired by a visit to war-torn Dresden, the work is dedicated to the ‘victims of fascism and war’. It is also an extraordinarily personal work for the composer with a musical motif made up of his initials DSCH permeating the entire work.

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