Concert Program IV: Aftermath: 1945
Tickets: $72–$50 adult; $35–$20 student
A survey of music inspired by the devastation wrought by World War II, Music@Menlo’s fourth Concert Program features Richard Strauss’s impassioned Metamorphosen, which marked the 1945 bombing of Dresden; Dmitry Shostakovich’s haunting Eighth String Quartet, dedicated “in memory of victims of fascism and war”; and The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Benjamin Britten’s defiant response to the calamity of war.
Strauss Metamorphosen (1945)
Shostakovich String Quartet no. 8 in c minor, op. 110 (1960)
Britten The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op. 35 (1945)
ARTISTS
Matthew Plenk, tenor; Ken Noda, piano; Jorja Fleezanis, violin; Lily Francis, violin; Beth Guterman, viola; Erin Keefe, viola; David Finckel, cello; Ralph Kirshbaum, cello; Scott Pingel, bass; Miró Quartet
- Venue: Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton
- Date: Thu August 5, 2010 8:00pm
- City: Atherton
- Price Range: $72–$50 adult; $35–$20 student
- Tickets: 650-331-0202
Wed August 4, 2010 8:00pm
Stent Family Hall, Menlo School
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Program
Strauss
Metamorphosen (1945)
Shostakovich
String Quartet no. 8 in c minor, op. 110 (1960)
Britten
The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op. 35 (1945)
