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Shostakovich Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Opus 110
In the summer of 1960 Shostakovich went to Dresden, where he was to write a score for the film Five Days, Five Nights, a joint East German and Soviet production. The devastation of Dresden by Allied bombing in 1945—the event that drove Kurt Vonnegut to write Slaughterhouse Five—was still evident in 1960, and it stunned…
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Meet Charith Premawardhana
This Sunday, ASQ performs the Mozart Viola Quintet in E-flat Major, KV 614 at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Joining us is violist and Classical Revolution founder Charith Premawardhana! Charith Premawardhana Charith Premawardhana (viola) was born in Sri Lanka, raised in Chicago, and has been a resident of San Francisco since 2004. He…
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Sunday Double Feature
Sunday, December 2nd, ASQ presents a “double-feature” at the Mondavi Center. The first concert at 2:00pm will feature the Schubert String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, along with commentary throughout by Robert Greenberg! The Sunday evening concert at 7:00pm will again feature the Schubert String Quartet as well as the Mozart String Quartet No.…
