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Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 8, Op. 110

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Material type Live Audio Recording
Date 17-09-1961
Duration 1215
Description

The Polish premiere of Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8, Op. 110 at the 5th Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music.


The work was performed by the Borodin String Quartet (Rostislav Dubinsky - 1st violin, Yaroslav Aleksandrov - 2nd violin, Dmitri Shebalin - viola, Valentin Berlinsky - cello) on 17 September 1961 at the Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Hall.

It consists of five movements:


  1. Largo;
  2. Allegro molto;
  3. Allegretto;
  4. Requiem;
  5. Largo.


[programme book cover design: Waldemar Świerzy]
Names
First and last name Dmitri Shostakovich
Function Composer
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Date of birth 25-09-1906
Date of death 09-08-1975
Description Russian composer, pianist and teacher
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First and last name Valentin Berlinsky
Function Performer
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Date of birth 19-01-1925
Date of death 15-12-2008
Description Russian cellist
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First and last name Dmitri Shebalin
Function Performer
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Date of birth 03-08-1930
Date of death 12-08-2013
Description Russian violist
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First and last name Yaroslav Alexandrov
Function Performer
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Description Russian violinist
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First and last name Rostislav Dubinsky
Function Performer
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Date of birth 23-11-1923
Date of death 03-12-1997
Description Russian violinist
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Ensembles/Orchestras
Name Borodin String Quartet
Function Performer
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Events
Name 5th Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music
Place Warsaw
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Start date 16-09-1961
End date 24-09-1961
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Name Polish Composers' Union
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