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Lysenko and Shostakovich at Wellesley College

Sun, Mar 05

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Wellesley College - Pendleton West 101

Sheffield Chamber Players returns to Wellesley College with a program juxtaposing a string trio by the grandfather of the 19th century Ukrainian compositional school, Mykola Lysenko, and a string quartet by one of the most important Russian composers of the 20th century, Dmitry Shostakovich.

Lysenko and Shostakovich at Wellesley College
Lysenko and Shostakovich at Wellesley College

Time & Location

Mar 05, 2023, 7:00 PM

Wellesley College - Pendleton West 101 , Wellesley College Rd, Wellesley, MA, USA

About the event

View event on the Wellesley College website

This year, the Sheffield Chamber Players return with a program juxtaposing a string trio by the grandfather of the 19th century Ukrainian compositional school, Mykola Lysenko, and a string quartet by one of the most important Russian composers of the 20th century, Dmitry Shostakovich.

Masks are required in the venue. Please note, all visitors to the College must be vaccinated and complete the visitor registration form (the Wellesley contact for the form is ksangoja@wellesley.edu).

The performance of each piece will be preceded by a discussion. After the performance, there will be a Q&A session with the audience.

Young Mykola Lysenko was finishing his studies at Leipzig in 1869 when he wrote his String Trio in A-minor as a graduation piece. Today Lysenko deservedly occupies a lofty throne as the seminal Ukrainian composer and founder of the Ukrainian national compositional school, but when he…

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