Brentano String Quartet

Name: Brentano String Quartet
Start: 2026-10-16T20:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-16T20:00:00-04:00
Location: NEC's Jordan Hall

NEC's Jordan Hall

FRI OCT 16 8PM

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MARK STEINBERG violin
SERENA CANIN violin
MISHA AMORY viola
NINA LEE cello

The Brentano Quartet—fearless, spellbinding players whose attention to detail and to each
other give their music freshness and life—bring us "Flights of Fugue," a program that exposes
the unflinching heart of late quartets by Shostakovich and Beethoven. Paired arrangements of
piano works that mirror each other across the centuries set a deceptively orderly tonal roadmap
for the flights of passion and intensity that follow. Both quartets strain the boundaries of the
form: massive in scale and throwing expectations about tempo and mood aside, they are
revelatory, showcasing the unity, vivid intelligence, and ensemble playing that set the Brentanos
apart.

“Make no mistake: the Brentanos are a magnificent string quartet. This was wonderful, selfless music-making.”
The Times (London)

Program Details

No. 14 Fugue in E-flat minor (arranged for quartet)

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Soviet-era Russian composer

This is Shostakovich's last string quartet, composed in 1974.

Elegy – Adagio, attacca
Serenade – Adagio , attacca
Intermezzo – Adagio, attacca
Nocturne – Adagio, attacca
Funeral March – Adagio molto, attacca
Epilogue – Adagio

Six movements performed attacca (without pause)

Average duration: 37 minutes

from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I (arranged for quartet)

Average duration: three minutes

Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo
Allegro molto vivace
Allegro moderato (recitative)
Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile
Presto
Adagio quasi un poco andante
Allegro