Savitri Grier and Catherine Poplyansky (violin), Alexander McFarlane (viola) and Leander Kippenberg (cello) are one of the Guildhall School of Music’s finest young quartets. They open LSE’s 2016 musical year with two masterpieces of the quartet repertoire, Beethoven, String Quartet in D Major, Opus 18 No. 3 and Shostakovich, String Quartet No.8 in C Minor, Opus 110.

This event is free and open to all with no ticket or pre-registration required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For any queries see LSE Events FAQ or contact us at events@lse.ac.uk 0207 955 6043.

The next lunchtime concert will be on Thursday 21 January performed by Trio York.

The LSE Choir and Orchestra Spring Concert takes place on 15 March 2016, tickets are available to purchase now.

Just economics and politics? Think again. While LSE does not teach arts or music, there is a vibrant cultural side to the School - from weekly free music concerts in the Shaw Library, and an LSE orchestra and choir with their own professional conductors, various film, art and photographic student societies, the annual LSE photo prize competition, the LSE Literary Festival and artist-in-residence projects. For more information please view the LSE Arts website.

From time to time there are changes to event details so we strongly recommend that if you plan to attend this event you check back on this listing on the day of the event.

Podcasts & Videos are now available online for many events from the 2016 LSE Space for Thought Literary Festival 'Utopias' which took place from Monday 22 - Saturday 27 February. LSE’s 8th Literary Festival explored the power of dreams and the imagination and the importance of idealism, dissidence, escapism and nostalgia, as well as the benefits of looking at the world in different ways with speakers including David Aaronovitch, AC Grayling, Robert Harris, Tom Holland, Margaret Macmillan, Anna Pavord and Zoe Williams.

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