Quatuor Tana

Pre-concert talk by musicologist Roderick Swanston at 5.30pm: Composing on the Periphery

Each composer whose works feature in this programme confronted writing a string quartet from outside the central German tradition, and each in different circumstances confronted the tradition differently. Three of them took a nationalist approach, though in Dvorak’s case a highly personal one. Shostakovich, on the other hand, confronted his twentieth-century legacy with one of his most personal statements, so personal it was infused with quotations from his oeuvre.

Recital at 6.30pm: Quatuor Tana

Antoine Maisonhaute - violin
Pieter Jansen - violin
Maxime Desert - viola
Jeanne Maisonhaute - cello

Arriaga: Quartet No.1 in D minor
Shostakovich: Quartet No.8 in C minor Op.110

INTERVAL

Turina: La Oración Del Torero
Dvořák: Quartet in F Op.96 ‘American’

Based in Belgium, Quatuor Tana was formed in 2010 to promote contemporary chamber music repertoire. The quartet places no boundaries when selecting style or genre and often presents classical repertoire alongside contemporary works.

Tickets: £10. Free entry for people aged 8 – 25 (courtesy of the CAVATINA Ticket Scheme).

Doors open at 17.30.