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Dmitri Shostakovich: The Complete String Quartets: Lafayette String Quartet

The Lafayette Quartet celebrates its 30th anniversary with the complete cycle of...
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8:00pm Tickets $25 / 5 concert festival pass $100 (only available in person or by phone)

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Lafayette String Quartet
Chamber Music from Victoria BC
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Physical tickets at: UVic Ticket Centre 250-721- 8480

Event Description

The Lafayette Quartet celebrates its 30th anniversary with the complete cycle of Shostakovich's 15 String Quartets. The cycle will be presented in 5 concerts along with pre-concert talks and lectures by visiting scholars.

Journey through Shostakovich’s life as experienced through his string quartets — from the optimism of the first to
the desolation and hopelessness of his final quartet. This cycle documents Shostakovich’s creative life and spans
his compositional career from the late 1930s until his death in 1975. The Lafayette String Quartet will share its
special heritage with these works as received from their mentor, violinist Rostislav Dubinsky, who knew and worked closely with Shostakovich.

Pre-concert talks at 7PM by Michelle Assay (Université Paris-Sorbonne), David Fanning (University of Manchester),
Judith Kuhn (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), and Patrick McCreless (Yale University).

Concerts start at 8PM.

Schedule:

FRIDAY, FEB. 3: Quartets No. 1, 2 & 3
SATURDAY, FEB. 4: Quartets No. 4, 5 & 6
MONDAY, FEB. 6: Quartets No. 7, 8, 9
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 8: Quartets No. 10, 11, 12 & 13
THURSDAY, FEB. 9: Quartets No. 14 & 15

Venue

Phillip T. Young Recital Hall (Uvic)

MacLaurin B-Wing, University of Victoria Victoria BC
V8P 5C2


Administrative/Mailing Address
School of Music
University of Victoria
P.O. Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2
Canada

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Dmitri Shostakovich: The Complete String Quartets: Lafayette String Quartet @ Phillip T. Young Recital Hall (Uvic) Feb 9 2017 - Nov 24th @ Phillip T. Young Recital Hall (Uvic)

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