La Scala Quartet

Accustomed to performing alongside the world’s most renowned opera singers, the musicians of the Teatro alla Scala String Quartet are masters at making their instruments sing. Making their debut in Spoleto, they invite us into the rich sonic world of Beethoven’s Harp Quartet, so named for the abundance of pizzicato passages that define its character. The program continues with the intensity of Shostakovich’s String Quartet n. 8, dedicated to the victims of fascism and war. As the composer himself put it. “Too many have been buried in unmarked graves. Where can we place the headstones? Only music can do it for them.”