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taschenlampe@despora.de
Taschenlampe Müller

Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 8

Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110, is one of the most significant and moving works in the entire string quartet repertoire. Composed in 1960, during a time when Shostakovich was deeply disillusioned with the Soviet regime, the quartet is a powerful testament to his personal struggles and convictions.

The quartet is unique in that it's dedicated "to the victims of fascism and war," reflecting his own experiences during World War II and the heavy toll that war and political repression took on the Soviet population. Many also interpret this quartet as Shostakovich's own personal musical testament or even an obituary, due to its emotional depth and the way it draws on themes from his previous works.

The quartet is structured in five movements, played without pause:

Largo
Allegro molto
Allegretto
Largo
Largo

A distinctive feature of the piece is the "DSCH" motif, which is derived from Shostakovich's own initials. In German musical notation, D, E flat, C, and B natural are denoted as D, S, C, and H, respectively. This theme is prevalent throughout the quartet, creating a haunting and deeply personal musical signature.

Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8 is highly emotional and filled with pain, grief, and despair, but it also contains moments of resilience and even defiance. It's a profound expression of the human spirit in the face of suffering and oppression.

#Shostakovich #StringQuartet #String #Quartet #music #war #fascism

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mikhailmuzakmen@pod.geraspora.de
BeatclubFC

#music #contemporary #classical #opera #quartet #antiwar #SanFrancisco

Mỹ Lai by Kronos Quartet, Rinde Eckert, Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ

  • On March 16, 1968, the United States Army killed over 500 unarmed civilians in the hamlet of Mỹ Lai, Vietnam. The unimaginable brutality of the event impacted all those who witnessed it firsthand, including helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson, who, against orders, intervened to save Vietnamese lives. Thompson’s story is the basis of the opera Mỹ Lai, composed by Jonathan Berger (music) and Harriet Scott Chessman (libretto) for Kronos Quartet, Vietnamese multi-instrumentalist Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ, and vocalist Rinde Eckert. This definitive recording of Mỹ Lai captures the visceral, phantasmal depictions of Thompson’s grief, horror, and guilt as he is haunted by persistent memories of that cataclysmic day, half a world and nearly four decades away. Tense and unforgiving, Mỹ Lai is “a gripping affair, beginning to end” (New York Times). Presented here alongside recollections by Vietnamese survivor Trần Văn Đức, it is a memorial to all the Mỹ Lai villagers killed on that grim day.

Mỹ Lai, by Kronos Quartet, Rinde Eckert, Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ

8 track album

umbracatti@diasporing.ch
Umbra Catti

Thanks to @kêr-Is (fantôme de) du Menez-Du and
@Erik Retallick for bringing Christophe Coin
to diaspora*
( https://diasporing.ch/posts/77d6c8300d830139fd6338607759d42b ,
https://diasporing.ch/posts/07330730e97001388bab38607759d42b ,
https://diasporing.ch/posts/3516c630461d0139f4462a0000053625 ).

They made me notice that Christophe Coin has participated
in the "rediscovery" of Antonin Rejcha
(Anton Reicha, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin_Rejcha ):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV4Bi7e54yc .
Please note also the other performers.

Here is Rejcha's "Quatuor Scientifique":
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLExdRU27xbS38VOLh0ABGBos_0q9cX7BD .
Not that his other compositions do not deserve the adjective.

#antoninrejcha #antonreicha #cello #christophecoin #concerto
#davitmelkonyan #gliangeligeneve #quartet #reichaquartet
#stephanmacleod