Event listing: Borodin String Quartet | The Glasshouse International Centre for Music: Sage Two | Wed 29 Apr 2015 at 19:30

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Programme

Borodin, Alexander Porfiryevich (1833-1887)	String Quartet no. 2 in D major
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)	String Quartet No. 8 in C minor "Malinconia", Op.110
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	String Quartet no. 14 in C sharp minor, Op.131
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)	Two Pieces for string quartet "Elegy and Polka", Op.30b

Performers

See String Quartet no. 2 in D major in

Jane Shuttleworth, 30th April

The Borodin Quartet put on a showcase display of pure, rich tone and superbly unanimous playing at Sage Gateshead but their Shostakovich lacked bite.

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