Shostakovich and his World

Shostakovich and His World

50 years after his death, join us for a week-long exploration of the chamber music of Dmitri Shostakovich as well as composers who were influenced by his music.

Through daily lunchtime and rush hour concerts, RBC students and staff will perform music by Shostakovich as well as Alfred Schnittke, Sofia Gubaidulina, Mieczysław Weinberg, Galina Ustvolskaya, Boris Tishchenko, and Benjamin Britten.

Mon 10 Nov

1.05pm - free - Book now

Shostakovich Piano Trio No.1 
Keelan Carew piano 
Tiago Soares Silva violin 
Honge Zhao cello 

Weinberg String Quartet No.2, 1st mvt 
Nathaniel Vallois violin
Kalu Ramirez violin
Keith Bray viola 
Aidan Hopkins cello 

Shostakovich Suite for two pianos
Ella Cordon Vieito piano
Clara-Maria Schina piano

Shostakovich Octets - Prelude
Tiago Silva, Tehya Dawson, Weiyi Ren, Zihao Liang violins
Rose Redgrave, Peiyu Li violas
Nick Stringfellow, Matthew le Maistre cellos

Wed 12 Nov

1.05pm - Free - Book now

Britten Simple Symphony
Fibonacci Quartet + RBC Students

Shostakovich Quartet No.1
Kyra Humphreys violin
Wanmeng Xu violin
Carmen Flores viola
Liling Wang cello

Tischenko Quartet No.2 - 1st mvt
Kai Zhang violin
Kalu Ramirez violin
Carmen Flores viola
Nick Stringfellow cello

5pm - £8 (£6 - under 16, over 60) - Book now

Schnittke Canon in Memoriam of Stravinsky
Kyra Humphreys violin
Milan Jacobs violin
Carmen Flores viola 
Tyler Wood cello 

Britten Fantasy Quartet 
Luke Cutler oboe 
Kyra Humphreys violin 
Carmen Flores viola 
Yujie Liang cello 

Shostakovich Concertino 

Shostakovich Fantastic Dances 

Schnittke 5 Aphorisms for piano
Max Walsh (1)
Luke Pender (2)
Toby Holt (3)
Aurora Yu Chin Chan (4)
Lai Kiu Scarlett Lung (5) 

Thu 13 Nov

1.05pm - Free - Book now

Shostakovich Quartet No.4 
RBC Students with Kyra Humphreys & Alan George 

Galina Ustvolskaya Composition No.1 ‘Dona Nobis Pacem’ 
Tom Stevenson tuba

Britten Folk Song Arrangements
Evelyn Byford soprano 
Faye Hollingworth guitar

Shostakovich Quartet No.11 
Yuri Yaguchi violin
Megan Wilkinson violin
Alan George viola 
Tim Smedley cello 

2.30pm - £8 (£6 - under 16, over 60) - Book now
Alan George masterclass on Shostakovich Quartet No.13

LANO Quartet

Alan George is a founding member of the Fitzwilliam Quartet, through which he met and collaborated with Dmitri Shostakovich. The Fitzwilliam Quartet gave the Western premieres of the last three of Shostakovich’s quartets, with the composer present for the premiere of the 13th quartet in 1972. They later became the first quartet to perform and record all fifteen quartets.

5pm - £8 (£6 - under 16, over 60) - Book now

Shostakovich Piano Quintet 
Joachim Lim piano 
Oliver Heath violin
Tiago Silva violin
Erin Vinter viola
JIaowen Liu cello 

Shostakovich Quartet No.7 
Oliver Heath violin
Jemima Soper violin
Erin Vinter viola
Honge Zhao cello 

Fri 14 Nov

1.05pm - Free - Book now

Schnittke Piano Quintet 
Julian Jacobson piano 
Roman Mints violin
Kai Zhang violin
Sheng Zhang viola 
Jake Ryan cello 

Gabaidulina Lamento 
Ini Kuti tuba 
Haoen Li piano 

Gabaidulina Lied ohne Worte 
Matt Osborne trumpet 
Haoen Li piano 

Shostakovich Quartet No.13 
LANO Quartet 
Shuwei Zuo violin
Qiujia Du violin
Jinhe Huang viola 
Gen Li cello 

2.30pm - £8 (£6 - under 16, over 60) - Book now
Talk with Alan George