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Discovering Music: Shostakovich 8th String Quartet

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11/03/2006

Shostakovich 8th String Quartet

BBC Radio 3 - Discovering Music, Shostakovich 8th String Quartet

Stephen Johnson and the Royal String Quartet explore Shostakovich's 8th String Quartet.

Stephen Johnson joins members of the Royal String Quartet in Norwich to explore the ideas behind this, the composer's most often performed quartet.

When Shostakovich wrote his 8th quartet he believed it would be his musical valediction. Stephen Johnson joins the members of the Royal String Quartet in Norwich for a closer look at the ideas behind this, the composer's most often performed quartet.

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