Thursday 4th December 2025

Carducci String Quartet

PROGRAMME:

Shostakovich:

String Quartet No.10 in A flat major Op.118

String Quartet No.8 in C minor Op.110

String Quartet No.2 in A major Op.68


The Carducci String Quartet are, of course, well known and well established. They have visited us twice before, first in November 2007 and again in October 2015, so they are regarded as old friends. We are delighted that they are bringing an all-Shostakovich programme in this 50th anniversary year of the great composer’s death. They play all fifteen quartets in a Wigmore Hall series and come to Chichester with three of them. This concert is sponsored by Kirker Holidays.

Described by The Strad as presenting “a masterclass in unanimity of musical purpose, in which severity could melt seamlessly into charm, and drama into geniality”, the award-winning Carducci Quartet is internationally acclaimed as one of the most accomplished and versatile ensembles of today. Not only performing the core repertoire, the quartet presents a selection of new works each season and diversifies further with programmes of film music, pop, folk and rock, as well as concerts of music and spoken word.

Read more here: Carducci String Quartet