Details
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore St
Marylebone
London
W1U 2BP
England
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven – Serenade in D major for String Trio, Op.8
Dmitry Shostakovich – String Quartet no.4 in D major, Op.83
Robert Schumann – Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op.44
Performers
Razumovsky Ensemble
Programme Note
Razumovsky Ensemble
Natalia Prischepenko - violin
David Alberman - violin
Diemut Poppen - viola
Oleg Kogan - cello
Pianist to be announced
Shostakovich’s Fourth String Quartet, written the year after performances of his music were officially forbidden in the Soviet Union, requires its interpreters to strike a balance between open expression and something altogether more introvert.
The Razumovsky Ensemble’s musicians also address the musical and emotional contrasts of Beethoven’s light-hearted Serenade and Schumann’s impassioned Piano Quintet, a genre-defining masterwork.