With only three movements and a playing time of about twelve minutes, the seventh string quartet is the shortest of Dmitri Shostakovich’s 15 string quartets, but no less haunting for that. The work in F-sharp minor strikes plaintive, agitated and eerie notes with elegiac individual motives, which come to rest in the last part of the final movement.

Joseph Haydn, Claude Debussy or rather Jean Rivier? The choice is yours on 26 and 27 May! For »À la carte«, the Mandelring Quartet has selected nine groundbreaking works in string quartet history and represent critical works in their long history of success. In three ballots, you can choose between three works each. Mandelring violist Andreas Willwohl has compiled listening examples of the works for you to prepare. Pick your favorites and vote on May 26 or 27!