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Chamber Music@ZKO — Elegies of Silence
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Open in the appWhere John Zorn draws on a prayer, Ludwig van Beethoven writes one of the most intimate movements of chamber music and Dmitri Shostakovich presents his 15th String Quartet as his final work in this genre, no words are needed. Strikingly melancholic, permeated with deep… Where John Zorn draws on a prayer, Ludwig van Beethoven writes one of the most intimate movements of chamber music and Dmitri Shostakovich presents his 15th String Quartet as his final work in this genre, no words are needed. Strikingly melancholic, permeated with deep emotionality and resonating like silent farewells, the three works of this programme resound. Between prayer, remembrance and parting, a soundscape of silence unfolds – groping between comfort and emptiness, between speechlessness and expression. Where words fall silent, another language begins: fragile, intimate and marked by that deep humanity that gives voice to the unspeakable, in a way that ultimately only music can. John Zorn: Kol Nidre for String Quartet in D minor Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 15 in E-flat Minor, op. 144 Ludwig van Beethoven: Cavatina: Adagio molto espressivo, from: String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, op. 130 Ensemble: Daniel Bard (Violin) Daria Zappa Matesic (Violin) Ryszard Groblewski (Viola) Guillermo Ortega Santos (Cello)