"The players gave unstintingly of their passion and energies, playing with a spirit so transformational you felt they were actually improving the world." The Strad, October 2012
The Brodsky Quartet's spirited and virtuosic artistry has ensured them a place at the very forefront of the international chamber music scene. This programme opens with Schubert's 'Quartettsatz'. Written in 1820 this is a work in a single movement with a real ebb and flow of tension throughout. Shostakovich's String Quartet No 3 demonstrates his full powers as a chamber music composer, skilfully deploying the string quartet to express his utterly distinctive musical personality. End the evening by being drawn into the Quartet's passionate exploration of the monumental late Beethoven quartet: Opus 132, with its deeply spiritual essence.
Since their formation in 1972, the Brodsky Quartet have given over 3000 concerts and released more than 60 recordings. Sharing their energy and craftsmanship with the next generation, they are currently International Fellows of Chamber Music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
An intense evening of brilliance and intimacy.
Chamber Music New Zealand
