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Cuarteto Casals
Bach, Shostakovich and Turina
Part of the Wigmore Hall Autumn and Spring Concerts - 2025-2026 Series
Add to my Calendar 12-01-2026 13:00 12-01-2026 15:00 36 Cuarteto Casals Four intricate fugues by JS Bach, supreme masterworks of the genre, and Turina’s The Bullfighter’s Prayer, originally conceived in 1925 for a quartet of Spanish lutes, provide evocative companions to Shostakovich’s Third String Quartet in Cuarteto Casals’s absorbing programme. The Spanish ensemble ends with the emotionally complex fifth movement of the Soviet composer’s 1946 score, widely regarded as a reaction against tyranny. Wigmore Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore St
Marylebone
London
W1U 2BP
England
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach – The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 1
Johann Sebastian Bach – The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 4
Johann Sebastian Bach – The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 6
Johann Sebastian Bach – The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 9
Joaquín Turina – La Oración del torero, Op.34
Dmitry Shostakovich – String Quartet no.3 in F major, Op.73
Performers
Cuarteto Casals
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Programme Note
Four intricate fugues by JS Bach, supreme masterworks of the genre, and Turina’s The Bullfighter’s Prayer, originally conceived in 1925 for a quartet of Spanish lutes, provide evocative companions to Shostakovich’s Third String Quartet in Cuarteto Casals’s absorbing programme. The Spanish ensemble ends with the emotionally complex fifth movement of the Soviet composer’s 1946 score, widely regarded as a reaction against tyranny.
