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Quatuor Ebène

Beethoven 2

chamber music
Fri 18 Sep 2020 -20.00
start 20.00
expected end time 22.00
With a short explanation by Jan Christiaens in the Concert hall after the first part.
All prices include booking fees.

String Quartets 2, 14 & 16, expression and experiment

'What remains of Beethoven? Milan Kundera asks in The Unbearable Lightness of Being, ‘A frown, an improbable mane, and a somber voice intoning Es muss sein! Es muss sein!’ Welcome to the fateful world of the late string quartets.

programme

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet no.2 in G major, opus 18 no.2
String Quartet no.16 in F major, opus 135
String Quartet no.14 in C sharp, opus 131

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet no.2 in G major, opus 18 no.2
String Quartet no.16 in F major

performers

Quatuor Ebène:
Pierre Colombet: violin
Gabriel Le Magadure: violin
Marie Chilemme: viola
Raphaël Merlin: cello

Review

The Classic Review

"They are not the first quartet to use non-vibrato in Beethoven, but the artistry with which they use it to sculpt the music’s emotion, with the octaves perfectly in tune, with the right amount of silence between notes, sets the bar very high."

Fri 18 Sep 2020 -20.00
start 20.00
expected end time 22.00
With a short explanation by Jan Christiaens in the Concert hall after the first part.
All prices include booking fees.

'Not to be missed!'

Jeroen Vanacker