Quiet Resistance: Shostakovich's 4th String Quartet

Join conductor and host Joshua Weilerstein as we take a look at Shostakovich's 4th String Quartet, one of his less well-known pieces, but one that is as profound and meaningful as it gets.    We'll explore the Jewish themes of the quartet, as Shostakovich was acutely aware and sympathetic to Jews who were living in the USSR during the terror of 1948-1953.  But the main focus will be the music itself.  How did Shostakovich write politically resistant music at a time when this was highly dangerous?