Alfred Schnittke

Musical promenades at the Museums - Connections

Great art can address the 'hardest’, 'deepest’ things in a very simple way... One of the sacred minimalist’s most emblematic works, Arvo Pärt's Fratres provides an ideal preface to two momentous 20th-century quartets. Shostakovich and Schnittke exploited the full capabilities of the string quartet, the finest chamber music ensemble, creating an atmospheric music which, veering between pitch darkness and the blindingly bright, always retains an authentic spirituality.

Mon., 6 Apr. 2020 20:30

The Benaki Museum - Museum of Greek Culture (Koubari str.)

ARVO PART
(b. 1935)
Fratres, for string quartet
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
(1906–1975)
String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
String quartet no. 3 (1983)
PARTICIPATION

tetART-on quartet

Morfo Papadimitriou, violin

Kostas Karageorgopoulos, violin

Alexandros Papanikolaou, viola

Ivi Papathanasiou, cello

At 19:30, one hour prior to the concert, a free guided tour will be offered to auditors by Irini Papageorgiou, Curator of the Pre-Historic, Ancient Greek and Roman collections of the Museum.

TICKETS INFORMATION

To attend the concert, audience must purchase a ticket for the entrance to the Museum.