GEORGE, Alan with Maxim Shostakovich et. al.

[Souvenir Program] The Fitzwilliam String Quartet Celebrates the Fifteen Quartets of Dmitri Shostakovich Presented by Bucknell University in Alice Tully Hall of Lincoln Center New York City April 24 and 29; May 1, 4 and 6, 1982

New York: Bucknell University, 1982. First Edition. Stiff printed wrappers. Squarish 4to. Pp. [6]. Printed black and red on heavy linen-textured paper, saddle stapled. Illustrated with black & white photo reproductions and a manuscript facsimile. Crisp and bright. Near Fine. Item #6710

Large format souvenir program containing violist Alan George's comments on Shostakovich's quartets and recollections of the man as he knew him including a facsimile of a handwritten letter in Russian. With a short biography of the group and its members provided by the Decca Record Co., and remarks by Maxim Shostakovich, part of a speech delivered prior to the concerts.

This was the first performance of the complete cycle of the composer's quartets in the US, by the group that had performed the Western premieres of Nos. 13, 14 and 15 and recorded all fifteen to great acclaim. The concerts were lauded as "landmarks in New York musical life" amidst "the new frigidity of the cold war" by John Rockwell in his New York Times review of 9 May, 1982.

Preserved in a clear archival sleeve with acid-free backing.

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Price: $30.00