Shostakovich 8

Event Details

Sacconi Quartet and Moving Memory’s Dover Groovin Well group come together as part of the Sacconi Residency Weekend for Sounds Folkestone to explore what happens when movers meet musicians and Shostakovich’s String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, opus 110.

  • 06/10/2024
  • Green Room @ The Grand, Folkestone
  • 2.30-3.30pm

FREE

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3 women in a circle with their arms reached out. The Sacconi Quartet and Moving Memory Dance Theatre Company logo overlay.
  • 3 women in a circle with their arms reached out. The Sacconi Quartet and Moving Memory Dance Theatre Company logo overlay.
  • A group of performers in black clothing participate in a dance in a bright, airy room with large windows and a patterned carpet.

Event Info

Written in Dresden, 1960, ‘in memory of the victims of fascism and war‘, Shostakovich’s exquisite, 20-minute string quartet has an enduring resonance. With this sharing of work in progress, musicians and dancers move through a sense of loss, towards resistance, resolution and restoration found within a community of care.

 

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