We are absolutely thrilled to kickstart our 4th season with a powerful program that explores the extremes of vulnerability, beauty, and human resilience. Mozart’s String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421 is a jewel of the classical repertoire that was supposedly written while his wife was in labour! Quartet for Heart and Breath by Richard Reed Parry (aka the bassist in Arcade Fire) is performed wearing stethoscopes, where we synchronize our playing with the natural rhythms of our own bodies - our heartbeats and breaths. The program wraps up with Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110, a quartet that was written during a period of political and personal turmoil and is now known as one of the most profound quartets of the 20th century.