Quatuor Danel at Wigmore Hall: Weinberg & Shostakovich

The Boston Symphony Orchestra under its music director Andris Nelsons showed brilliantly in the Musikverein what everything is in Shostakovich.

Quatuor Danel at Wigmore Hall: Weinberg & Shostakovich

Weinberg, Shostakovich Quatuor Danel Wigmore Hall, 6.5.2025 Weinberg String Quartets: No. 14, Op. 122 (1978); No. 15, Op. 124 (1980) Shostakovich String Quartet No. 14 in F sharp, op. 142 (1973)  This was a rare opportunity to hear two Weinberg String Quartets in one evening, juxtaposed with one of Shostakovich’s greatest works in that genre. Neither of the Weinberg works have tempo indications as such, just metronome makings.  The Fourteenth …