Haydn’s Seven Last Words: Crucifixion of the Earth The Lafayette String Quartet is joined by renowned Canadian poets Robert Bringhurst and Jan Zwicky in an updated version of this classic work for string quartet. In its original version, Christ’s seven last utterances served as the basis for seven sermons alternating with Haydn’s deeply introspective music. The texts Bringhurst and Zwicky have created extend the theme of crucifixion to focus on environmental destruction: what humans have done to the Earth, rather…
Plan your stay in Banff, Alberta, Canada for a week of gorgeous string quartets, hiking, eating and relishing one of the most beautiful places on earth! The LSQ performs the 15 quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich in five concerts between October 17-23, 2020.
