Flinders Quartet: Musical Portraits
Montsalvat 7 Hillcrest Avenue, Eltham, VIC, Australia
“I can still remember hearing Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 8 for the first time and being riveted from beginning to end. This incredibly powerful work was officially dedicated ‘to the memory of the victims of fascism and war’ but there is much to suggest that Shostakovich meant it as a…