Razumovsky Ensemble: Beethoven, Schostakowitsch, Schumann

10.12.2014 - 19:30 Uhr

Razumovsky Ensemble
- Natalia Prischepenko violin
- David Alberman violin
- Diemut Poppen viola
- Oleg Kogan cello

Pianist to be announced

Programme:

Beethoven
Serenade in D Op. 8 for String Trio

Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 4 in D Op. 83

Schumann
Piano Quintet in Eb Op. 44

About this concert
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.

Cf. http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/productions/razumovsky-ensemble-36158