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Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

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The Cello Concerto and the Quartet

The cello concerto theme comes back again in the first violin until everything suddenly falls away. It's so unbelievably eerie that it once again gives you that skin-crawling feeling that something has gone terribly terribly wrong. I believe Schusterkovich is indirectly quoting his 10th symphony here, though I'm not 100% sure enough to play you the two pieces back to back.

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