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- Dmitri Shostakovich
Two Pieces for String Quartet (1931)
(Adagio and Allegretto )- G Schirmer Inc (USA, Canada and Mexico only)
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Programme Note
Dedicated to the Jean Villaume Quartet of Kharkov
Written in a single night, these two brief pieces are both arrangements. The first is a haunting transcription of Katerina’s aria from scene 3 of Shostakovich’s opera ‘Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District’ op.29; the result is a delicate waltz for quartet. The second piece is a version of the famous and comical Polka from the Music Hall scene of Shostakovich’s ballet ‘The Golden Age’ op.22.
Note by Gerard McBurney
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1. Elegy in F sharp minor (Adagio)
2. Polka in B flat major (Allegretto)