Tobias’ string quartet

  • Friday, 20.10
  • 18:00
  • Tartu, Heino Elleri Muusikakooli Tubina saal
  • Chamber concert

Introduction

Performers:

Maano Männi (violin)
Terje Männi (violin)
Toomas Nestor (viola)
Aare Tammesalu (cello)
Introduction by Peeter Volkonski

Concert series “Confessions. Shostakovich.”

Programme:

Britten. Three Divertimenti

Bridge. Three Idylls for String Quartet

Shostakovich. String quartet No. 4 in D major, Op. 83

The centrepiece of this programme is Dmitri Shostakovich’s fourth quartet, which the composer wrote during the most difficult time in his life – an era of formalism and searching for public enemies. He was demeaned at composers’ congresses and lost his job as a professor at the conservatories in Moscow and Leningrad. Thus, his works were no longer performed, which forced him to write music for patriotic films to keep his head above water.
Stalin, as part of his usual cat-and-mouse games, called Shostakovich to personally invite him to represent the Soviet Union at the Peace Congress in New York. Shostakovich wrote the fourth quartet after his return from the congress, although it could only be premiered after Stalin’s death.

Tobias’ string quartet has earned a distinguished place within our chamber music scene – when compared to other quartets, they are valued for their warmth, wide palette of colour and romantic sounds. This ensemble was created in 2000 and is named after Rudolf Tobias, who established Estonia’s first string quartet. They have since collaborated with very different artists, such as singer Annely Peebo and actress Anu Lamp. The quartet has cooperated with Estonian Record Productions to record for the German record company Erdenklang, much of Estonian music has been recorded for Eesti Raadio, and new music has been written for the quartet by Tõnu Kõrvits, Andres Uibo and Robert Jürjendal.

 

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