Life's Shadow and Light
Thu, Dec 12
|University of Iowa Hospitals
Join us for a powerful program featuring Shostakovich’s intensely personal and dramatic String Quartet No. 8, paired with Smetana’s autobiographical and vividly expressive “From My Life.”
Time & Location
Dec 12, 2024, 12:00 PM CST
University of Iowa Hospitals, 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
About the event
Join us for a powerful program featuring Shostakovich’s intensely personal and dramatic String Quartet No. 8, paired with Smetana’s autobiographical and vividly expressive “From My Life.” This concert explores the resilience of the human spirit through music, moving from the depths of despair to moments of brilliant light.
Program
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Bedřich Smetana: String Quartet No. 1, "Z mého života" ("From My Life")