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Edgar M. Bronfman String Quartet

Tuesday, August 10, 2021, 6:30 PM MDT

Sun Valley Pavilion

Chamber Concert

Jeremy Constant, Violin

Polina Sedukh, Violin

Adam Smyla, Viola

Amos Yang, Cello


Shostakovich

String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110

 

Mozart

String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465, “Dissonance”

 

Edgar M. Bronfman String Quartet program notes

In June 1960, P.N. Pospelov was sent to recruit Shostakovich to join the Communist Party on Khrushchev’s orders. The esteemed 53-year-old Shostakovich had experienced the extreme hardships of living as an artist under Soviet regime and, in particular, the daily terrors associated...

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2021 digital program book

Printed programs are available at the concerts, at the Festival Welcome Center and Store (open concert days from 1:00-3:30 PM and 5:00-8:00 PM; closed during the concert), or outside the Festival office at 120 2nd, Ave. North, Ketchum.

Venue

Sun Valley Pavilion
300 Dollar Rd
Sun Valley, Idaho 83353 United States
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