- Monday | April 21 | 7:30 PM
- The Menil Collection
- 1533 Sul Ross St, Houston, TX 77006
- 713-524-5050 | boxoffice@dacamera.com
Saariaho: Terra Memoria
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 4 in D Major, Op. 83
Ravel: String Quartet in F Major
Antti Tikkanen, violin; Minna Pensola, violin; Atte Kilpeläinen, viola; Tomas Djupsjöbacka, cello
Meta4 returns to DACAMERA with a dynamic program of vivid musical contrasts. DACAMERA’s dear friend, the great Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023), is remembered with a performance of her second quartet, Terra Memoria; composed “for those departed,” the work is deeply moving in its hypnotic exploration of memory, loss and transformation. Shostakovich’s Quartet No. 4 is a riveting response to the tragedies of the Second World War. The work was withheld from public performance until after Stalin’s death — the composer’s searing personal message is encoded in this powerful musical work. The program concludes with Ravel’s colorful quartet– eagerly embraced by listeners since its first performance in 1904, promising a dazzling and brilliant finale to the evening.
“the unity of voicing was astonishing, as if the musicians formed a single instrument… blisteringly intense.”
— San Francisco Classical Voice
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