Life's Shadow and Light
Sun, Dec 15
|Cedar Rapids Public Library
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 15, 2024, 2:00 PM CST
Cedar Rapids Public Library, 450 5th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401, 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")