Life's Shadow and Lights

December 12, 2024. | 12:00 P.M. | University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
December 13, 2024 | 7:30 P.M. | 225 Wasatch Ct. NE, Cedar Rapids, IA
December 15, 2024 | 12:00 P.M. | Outreach Concert

Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110

Igor Stravinsky: Three Pieces for String Quartet (1918)

Bedřich Smetana: String Quartet No. 1, "Z mého života" ("From My Life")

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.

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