Quatuor Ébène

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Carnegie Hall: Zankel Hall New York City, New York, United States

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Programme

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)	String Quartet in G major, K387
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)	String Quartet No. 8 in C minor "Malinconia", Op.110
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)	String Quartet in F major, Op.41 no.2

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Quatuor Ébène

The “superb and intensely focused” (The New York Times) Quatuor Ébène takes audiences on a string quartet journey of discovery. Mozart’s popular quartet, the first of six he dedicated to Haydn, enthralls with its technical brilliance and sweet lyricism. Listen for honeyed melodies in R. Schumann’s quartet too, along with smoldering ardor. Emotions also burn powerfully in Shostakovich’s quartet, dedicated to the victims of war and fascism. At turns introspective, sardonic, and elegiac, he quotes his earlier music throughout the work with devastating effect.

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A greatly accomplished performance by the Quatuor Ébène at Zankel Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 31st March

One would never had guessed that the Ébènes had not played Shostakovich's dark Eighth String Quartet before this tour, such was the way their performance transcended individual agony to address human despair in general.

*****

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