Dmitri Shostakovich - the White Hat guide

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Some forthcoming Australian concerts and performances featuring the music of Shostakovich:

Australian String Quartet - Towards Light

The Australian String Quartet have new personnel for 2012 and White Hat feels it is appropriate that for their first concert the new ensemble should emerge out of the dreamtime with Peter Scunthorpe's Jabiru Dreaming (String Quartet No.11). Dvořák as at his tuneful best in his String Quartet No.10 then the concert finishes with one of the great 20th century chamber works - Shostakovich's Piano Quintet. This work captures Shostakovich in one of his rare moments of relaxation and seeming contentment. We have rated this concert at 4 hats on potential and, who knows, after this new ensemble has been heard for the first time this may become 5 hats.

Sculthorpe String Quartet No 11
Dvořák String Quartet No 10 in E flat major, Op 51
Shostakovich Piano Quintet, Op 57 (with Daniel de Borah, piano) (one of White Hat's Top 100 Chamber Works)

7pm, Wednesday 7th March 2012, Adelaide Town Hall
7pm, Thursday 8th March 2012, Conservatorium Theatre, South Bank, Brisbane
7pm, Monday 12th March 2012, Perth Concert Hall
7pm, Wednesday 14th March 2012, Melbourne Recital Centre,
7pm, Thursday 15th March 2012, City Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney

Our rating:
Four Hats

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	Tickets available from Australian String Quartet

Russian Visions

The Australian Chamber Orchestra with Richard Tognetti (Artistic Director and Lead Violin), Steven Osborne (piano) and David Elton (trumpet).

Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir is one of his sunniest and most exuberant works and Shostakovich's first piano concerto is full of pyrotechnics for the pianist and accompanying trumpet. What is sometimes less recognised is that this work calls for first rate string playing from the orchestra. For that reason, White Hat suggests you take the opportunity to get along and hear it with one of the best string ensembles in Australia - or any other country for that matter.

Prokofiev (arr. Barshai/Tognetti) Visions fugitives
Shotakovich Piano Concerto No.1
Shotakovich Octet
Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence (one of White Hat's Top 100 Chamber Works)

8pm, Saturday 10th November 2012, Llewellyn Hall, ANU, Canberra
2,30pm 11th Nov; 8pm 12th Nov 2012. The Arts Centre, Hamer Hall, Melbourne
7.30pm, Wednesday 14th November 2012, Perth Concert Hall, Perth
7pm 17 Nov; 8pm 20 Nov; 7pm 21 Nov 2012, City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney
8pm, Monday 19th November 2012, QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane
7.30pm, Thursday 22nd November 2012, Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle
2pm, Sunday 25th November 2012, Sydney Opera House, Sydney

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Selected sheet music of Shostakovich

Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, Op. 87 Composed by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). Collection for solo piano. 173 pages. Published by DSCH Publishers. (HL.50484225)
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Dmitri Shostakovich: Trio in E minor, Opus 67 Composed by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), edited by Robert Taub. Performance parts for violin, cello and piano. With standard notation and piano accompaniment. Composed 1944. 66 pages. Published by International Music Co. (IM.2086)
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