Carducci String Quartet, Simon Callaghan

With Simon Callaghan - piano

Pre-talk at 2:15pm - the players introduce ;a perspective of Beethoven's string quartets; - the Carduccis talk about their understanding of the great composer's quarterts and their approach to them

A musical journey from Beethoven's stormy Serioso Quartet and Shostakovich's cryptic 11th quartet, written in 1966, to Brahms' epic piano quintet masterpiece.