Several of Vancouver’s classical music organizations are exploring the trend toward focused miniseries. (I shy away from the term “binge-listening,” but it’s certainly expressive enough). In the next ...

Dmitri Shostakovich in 1972(Erich Auerbach/Hulton Archive) Dmitri Shostakovich's career was plagued by censorship and heartbreak. His string quartets are perhaps his most intimate, interior ...

The Spruce Quartet will be performing two string quartets from very different composers, Beethoven and Shostakovich, but both interpret Russian themes and music. First, Dmitri Shostakovich's 8th ...

String Quartet No.1 in C major, Op.49: 1. Moderato String Quartet No.1 in C major, Op.49: 2. Moderato String Quartet No.1 in C major, Op.49: 3. Allegro molto String ...

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String Quartet No. 13 Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Fitzwilliam String Quartet String Quartet No. 14 Fitzwilliam String Quartet Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer String Quartet No. 15 Dmitri Shostakovich, ...

Next Friday, the Lafayette String Quartet, who have been artists-in-residence in the University of Victoria’s School of Music since 1991, will launch what will surely be the classical music event of ...

It’s not even 249 years after Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth — Dec. 16, 1770 — yet programmatic celebrations of his 250th anniversary have already begun. Beethoven’s symphonies, sonatas and concertos ...

Ravinia had its “Million-Dollar Trio” in 1950 when Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky and Artur Rubinstein joined forces to play chamber music there. By the same token, Symphony Center on Saturday ...

Dmitri Shostakovich once told a friend that he planned to compose 24 string quartets, one in each of the major and minor keys. He completed only 15, but they span his entire mature period as a ...