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“Arresting performance from superb quartet”~ Stephen Fisher ~ read full review
“Russian joke to start the year off right”~ William Dart ~ read full review
“The hall was absolutely chocka”~ Murray Khouri talking to Eva Radich ~ read full review
“Musical masters set benchmark for quartet string playing”~ John Button ~ read full review
“Shostakovich well served by Russian quartet”~ Rosalind Appleby ~ read full review
“Finding tears behind the straight face”~ Peter McCallum ~ read full review
“Great technique and musicianship”~ Jennifer Gall ~ read full review
“Nuance, intimacy and good vibratos”~ Eamonn Kelly ~ read full review
“Hearing the Borodins live in concert connects us to the source of Russia’s musical legacy with all its attendant complexities and triumphs.”~ Euan Murdoch ~ read full review
“I know of no other quartet in which the players efface themselves as selflessly as in the Borodin”read full review
String Quartet No 2 in D
String Quartet No 8 in C minor Opus 110
String Quartet No 1 in D
Programme One features two of the most deeply felt works in the repertoire: Borodin’s melodic second quartet featuring the famous nocturne; and Shostakovich’s gruelling eighth quartet, with its references to the futile destruction caused by war. The gorgeous slow movement of Tchaikovsky’s first string quartet apparently caused the writer Tolstoy to ‘dissolve into tears’.
The Wellington programme is presented as part of the 2010 New Zealand International Arts Festival.
When Saturday 6 March 2010, 7.30pm
Where Wellington Town Hall
Bookings Book at Ticketek, ph 0800 TICKETEK (842 538).
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When Sunday 7 March 2010, 3pm
Where Nelson School Of Music, Nile Street
Bookings Nelson School of Music, ph (03) 548 9477 or email nsom@nsom.ac.nz
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When Wednesday 10 March 2010, 7.30pm
Where James Hay Theatre
Bookings Book at Ticketek, ph 0800 TICKETEK (842 538).
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When Sunday 14 March 2010, 5pm
Where WEL Energy Trust Academy of Performing Arts, University of Waikato.
Bookings Book at Ticket Direct, ph (07) 858 5100 or 0800 383 5200.
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When Wednesday 17 March 2010, 8pm
Where The Century Theatre, Napier
Bookings Book at TicketDirect, ph 0800 4TICKET (484 253).
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