Tag Archives: chamber-music

Shostakovich: Upper Chapel, Sheffield. 8/3/25

Ensemble 360:  Shostakovich. String Quartet No.10; String Quartet No.12 This was a short concert which was part of a whole set of concerts and symposia on Shostakovich’s chamber music over the weekend in Sheffield – sadly this was the only event I could actually make…..My knowledge of which Shostakovich Quartet is which is sometimes aContinue reading “Shostakovich: Upper Chapel, Sheffield. 8/3/25”

Leonkoro Quartet; Stoller Hall, Manchester, 5/2/25

Haydn String Quartet, Op. 50 No. 5 ‘Dream’; Berg Lyric Suite for String Quartet; Ravel String Quartet Op. 35 This String Quartet was founded in Berlin in 2019 and in 2022 they were awarded first prize at the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet competition. The name means ‘Lionheart’ in Esperanto…….. This was a varied concert.Continue reading “Leonkoro Quartet; Stoller Hall, Manchester, 5/2/25”