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Carducci Quartet

Add to my Calendar 09-11-2025 18:00 09-11-2025 20:00 36 Carducci Quartet The celebrated Carducci Quartet performs Schubert’s beautiful 10th quartet in E-flat – first performed privately in the Schubert household by members of the family in 1813, hence sometimes called the Haushaltung (Household) Quartet. It is followed by American composer Caroline Shaw’s remarkable ‘Entr’acte’, written in 2011 and inspired by the minuet from one of Haydn’s Op.77 quartets. Their concert closes with Shostakovich’s 2nd quartet, one of his two chamber works composed during the Second World War, in 1944, following the eighth symphony. St John's Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

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St John's Church
73 Waterloo Road
Waterloo
London
SE1 8TY
England

Programme

Franz Schubert – String Quartet no.10 in E flat major, D.87
Caroline Shaw – Entr'acte
Dmitry Shostakovich – String Quartet no.2 in A major, Op.68

Performers

Carducci Quartet

Programme Note

The celebrated Carducci Quartet performs Schubert’s beautiful 10th quartet in E-flat – first performed privately in the Schubert household by members of the family in 1813, hence sometimes called the Haushaltung (Household) Quartet. It is followed by American composer Caroline Shaw’s remarkable ‘Entr’acte’, written in 2011 and inspired by the minuet from one of Haydn’s Op.77 quartets. Their concert closes with Shostakovich’s 2nd quartet, one of his two chamber works composed during the Second World War, in 1944, following the eighth symphony.

Carducci Quartet

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