Wigmore Hall36 Wigmore Street, London, Greater London, W1U 2BP, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Programme
| Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) | String Octet in E flat major, Op.20 | |
| Enescu, George (1881-1955) | String Octet in C major, Op.7 | |
| Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924) | Requiem: In paradisum (arr. Raphaël Merlin) |
Performers
| Belcea Quartet | |
| Corina Belcea | Violin |
| Suyeon Kang | Violin |
| Krzysztof Chorzelski | Viola |
| Antoine Lederlin | Cello |
| Quatuor Ébène | |
| Gabriel Le Magadure | Violin |
| Jonathan Schwarz | Violin |
| Marie Chilemme | Viola |
| Yuya Okamoto | Cello |
Two major quartets join together for two central pillars of the repertoire for string octet, the popular Mendelssohn a youthful masterpiece and compositional miracle, George Enescu’s also early – dating from 1900 – and a work which the composer himself conducted at the first performance in 1909.
Tickets: £50 / £42 / £32 / £26 / £18
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