Duration 15 mins

And fiddled whisper music on those strings

Performed in the traverse in the exceedingly beautiful St. Vedast Chapel, the Navarra Quartet have especially selected out some of the exquisite slow movements of the last 100 years from the string quartet repertoire as f r a g m e n t s of music they believe should be carried forward for future generations.

10.30am
Arvo Pärt – Da Pacem Domine ‘5
Caroline Shaw – Entr’acte ‘11

11am
Thomas Adès – Oh Albion from Arcadiana ‘3
Jane O’Leary – 2nd movement from The Passing Sound of Forever ‘3
Samuel Barber – Adagio from string quartet Op.11 ‘8

11.30am
Dmitri Shostakovich – Adagio from string quartet no.8 ‘5
Gyorgy Kurtag – Arioso ‘2
Maurice Ravel – Tres Lent from string quartet ‘8

12pm
Karol Szymanowski – Andantino Semplice from string quartet no. 1 Op.37 5’
Caroline Shaw – Entr’acte 11’