Smith Square HallSmith Square, London, London, Greater London, SW1P 3HA, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Programme
| Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975) | Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, Op.67 | |
| Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992) | Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time) |
Performers
| Steven Osborne | Piano |
| James Ehnes | Violin |
| Alban Gerhardt | Cello |
| Jean Johnson | Clarinet |
International Chamber Music Series, Belief and Beyond Belief
Hear two great works that emerged from the horrors of war. Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No.2 was composed in the aftermath of the Siege of Leningrad, during which a million citizens were killed. Messiaen wrote his Quartet for the End of Time in a prisoner of war camp, and performed it there with three fellow detainees to an audience of prisoners and their guards.
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