Chiaroscuro Quartet

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The Glasshouse International Centre for Music: Sage TwoSt Mary's Square, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, North-East, NE8 2JR, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)	Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV1080, Contrapunctus I
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)	Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV1080, Contrapunctus IV
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)	Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV1080, Contrapunctus IX
Mendelssohn, Fanny (1805-1847)	String Quartet in E flat major
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)	String Quartet no. 1 in E flat major, Op.12

Performers

Alina Ibragimova	Violin
Pablo Hernan	Violin
Emilie Hörnlund	Viola
Claire Thirion	Cello

The highly acclaimed Chiaroscuro Quartet is internationally renowned for its fresh and innovative interpretations. Tonight, they take to Sage Two for a performance of Fanny Mendelssohn’s emotional quartet, alongside Bach’s great monothematic work The Art of Fugue.

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Shining a light on Bach and the Mendelssohns

Jane Shuttleworth, 1st May

The gut strings and period bows of the Chiaroscuro Quartet cast dramatic light and shade movements on from Bach's The Art of Fugue and quartets by Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn.

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