ECSQ Music in a Time of War

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Saturday, October 20th, 2018
7:30 PM

To commemorate the Centenary of the end of WW1, the ECSQ will perform Sir Edward Elgar’s masterful String Quartet in E minor, op. 83. It was written in 1917, after Elgar left a war-weary London to reside in a cottage in Sussex. The work was a favourite of Lady Elgar which she described as “captured sunshine”.

The Emily Carr String Quartet will also perform Hungarian composer Bela Bartok’s Second String Quartet String Quartet, op.17, written between 1915-17. A work of great intensity composed during a time of strife when Bartok could not leave the Hungarian borders. The work is both reflective and innovative, incorporating folk rhythms and melodies in his unique style.

Czech composer Josef Suk’s Meditation on the Old Czech Hymn "St. Wenceslas" will also be performed. Written as a reaction to being required to perform the Austrian national anthem before his quartet concerts, this beautiful piece brought dignity to the Czech people.

http://www.rmts.bc.ca/events/ecsq-music-in-war-2018-st-elizabeth-church