Bach: Contrapunctus 1 from The Art of Fugue
Shostakovich: String Quartet No 8
Javier Alvarez: Metro Chabacano
Brahms: String Quartet in A minor Op 51 No 2

Young, talented and passionate the musicians of the Quartet, Alejandro Carreño, Eduardo Salazar, Ismel Campos and Aimon Mata are also associated with the Simón Bolivar Youth Orchestra and the Venezuelan music project El Sistema.

In the final concert of The Queen’s Hall Series the Simón Bolivar String Quartet performs a programme featuring music from South America alongside works by Bach, Brahms and Shostakovich. This concert promises to finish the Festival on a high.

‘nothing less than a miracle ... From here, I see the future of music for the whole world. I see this programme not only as a question of art, but deep down as a social initiative. It has saved many lives, and will continue to save them’ (Sir Simon Rattle describes El Sistema)

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Supported by The Peter Diamand Trust

Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes approximately
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