This concert is part of Schubert: A String Quartet Journey, the Edinburgh Quartet’s lunchtime series at St Cecilia’s Hall. Come along for an hour of live music, whether you’re discovering chamber music for the first time or already love it.
The one-hour concert pairs the young Schubert’s String Quartet in E major, D. 353, with Caroline Shaw’s playful ‘Entr’acte’. Schubert’s quartet is full of singing melodies, lilting rhythms and sudden changes of mood. In ‘Entr’acte’, Shaw starts with the steps of an old dance and lets them lead somewhere unexpected, with whispered bow strokes and plucked strings. Written nearly two centuries apart, the two pieces find wonderfully different sounds in the same four instruments.
St Cecilia’s Hall, which is located on Niddry Street, just of the Royal Mile, has step-free access via a ramp, with a lift to the Concert Room and an accessible toilet on the ground floor. Assistance dogs are welcome.
Further details and ticket information can be found on Schubert: A String Quartet Journey.
