UCalgary String Quartet Remembers

A concert program connected to World War II

Performed by Edmond Agopian, 1st violin; Isaac Willocks, 2nd violin; Beth Root Sandvoss, cello; and Dean O’Brien, viola
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String Quartet no. 1 by Erwin Schulhoff, a Jewish Czech composer whose music was considered ‘degenerate’ by the Nazi regime and died in the Wülzburg prison camp in 1942.

Steve Reich’s Different Trains: Europe, During the War, a piece that includes recordings of train sounds, sirens and warning bells.

Shostakovich’s stirring String Quartet no. 8, Op. 110 which the composer dedicated in memory of the victims of fascism and war.

String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80 by Mendelssohn, whose works were disparaged and condemned by the Nazis.

Diptych by Ukrainian composer Myroslav Skoryk who was deported to Siberia during his childhood, until the death of Stalin.

Presented by: UCalgary School of Creative and Performing Arts