WED

MON 14

6.15pm

PRE-CONCERT TALK

7.30pm

St John’s Church Spencer Hill SW19 4NZ

Event Sponsor:

BRODSKY QUARTET

THE BRODSKYS CELEBRATE 50 YEARS

THREE ASTONISHING STRING QUARTETS Haydn: String Quartet Op. 54/2 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 Schubert: String Quartet in D minor, D.810, ‘Death and the Maiden’

Haydn’s Op. 54 No 2 has been called the ‘most extraordinary string quartet of the 18th century’.

Schubert’s ‘Death and the Maiden’ is a wondrous masterpiece, many people’s favourite string quartet of all.

Shostakovich’s iconic autobiographical eighth represents his ‘Testament’, using the four-note motif DSCH, Dmitri Shostakovich

“The Brodskys showcased every nuance of their extraordinary skills. Shostakovich’s profoundly moving eighth quartet revealed why this quartet is considered one of the world’s best” (Sydney Morning Herald)

Pre-Concert Talk

Given by two members of the Brodsky Quartet, Paul Cassidy and Jacky Thomas.

Jacky, who remains its cellist to this day, tells how four young kids growing up in the industrial North East of 1970s England form a classical String Quartet. Paul Cassidy talks about his rather unusual childhood and his journey to becoming viola player in one of the world’s most famous quartets.