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Ligeti Quartet: Fellow Travellers
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Description
The Ligeti Quartet is dedicated to performing modern and contemporary music, commissioning new works, and engaging a diverse audience. Formed in 2010, they were united by their fascination with the music of György Ligeti, and have since established a reputation as leading exponents of new music.
The title of this programme and the opening piece, Fellow Traveler, suggest socio-political and Cold War connotations. The pieces of music you will hear at this concert refer in various ways to tensions and freedom, unity through eclecticism – relevant themes in the month before the US presidential election.
The concert is built around two major works by Barber and Shostakovich, contemporaries who in this programme represent classics of the mid-20th century USA and USSR. Their music was related in language but written under very different circumstances; Barber composed his quartet in the prime of his life, buoyed by the artistic perks of The New Deal; Shostakovich wrote of his fear of mortality, in the grips of terminal illness and under Soviet scrutiny.
The Programme:
‘Fellow Travellers’
John Adams: Fellow Traveler (2008)
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1988): String Quartet No. 3 (1983)
Andante
Agitato
Pesante
Samuel Barber (1910-1981): String Quartet in B minor, Op. 11 (1936)
Molto allegro e appassionato
Molto adagio [attacca]
Molto allegro (come prima)
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John Zorn: Cat O’Nine Tails (1988)
Laura Jurd: Jump Cut Shuffle (2016)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): String Quartet No. 13, op. 138 (1970)
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Tickets/Times
Ticket | Event time | Cost |
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Advance Ticket
Seated (Unallocated)
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19:00 - 22:30 | £15.00 |
Concessions
For seniors, students or disabled.
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19:00 - 22:30 | £10.00 |
Location
Address
The Forge 3-7, Delancey Street, NW1 7NL
Area
Camden
Nearest Station
Camden Town (Tube)
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The Forge
The Forge is an award-winning music and arts venue in Camden, which hosts a diverse and eclectic range of events, including: Classical, Contemporary, World, Folk,
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