Triple Quartet + After Dark

Southbank Centre, Purcell Room, London, Great Britain

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8 PM

Important Info

Type: Classical Concert

City: London, Great Britain

Starts at: 20:00

Duration:

Ticket delivery: E-Tickets

E-tickets: Print at home or at the box office of the event if so specified. You will find more information in your booking confirmation email.

Can I choose my seats?

You can only select the category, and not the exact seats.
If you order 2 or 3 tickets: your seats will be next to each other.
If you order 4 or more tickets: your seats will be next to each other, or, if this is not possible, we will provide a combination of groups of seats (at least in pairs, for example 2+2 or 2+3).

Programme

Overview

Join the Carducci, Ligeti and Solem Quartets for a rare, fully live performance of Steve Reich’s propulsive Triple Quartet. Then be immersed in the poignant, documentarian drama of Different Trains.In a landmark evening of minimalist mastery, the Carducci, Ligeti and Solem Quartets converge to unleash Steve Reich’s Triple Quartet in its full, live incarnation. Twelve string players navigate a kaleidoscopic interplay of interlocking rhythms and shimmering motifs, cascading through cycles of syncopation and pulse with exhilarating precision. Each quartet voice—two violins, a viola and a cello—melds into a singular sonic tapestry that surges and recedes, inviting listeners to lose themselves in Reich’s hypnotic dance of sound. As the energy of the Triple Quartet subsides, the concert shifts into the stirring narrative realm of Different Trains. Here, the string ensembles transform into storytellers, their bowed instruments evoking the clatter of wheels on steel rails, while sampled voices and recorded testimonies emerge as spectral echoes. The result is an immersive sonic journey through memory and history, a powerful reflection on wartime displacement, travel and survival rendered through the meeting of minimalist textures and human voices. This is an evening where rigorous technique meets haunting lyricism, promising both visceral thrill and profound emotional insight.

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