So Fancy : le Quatuor Arcanto aux confins du quartet

By Suzanne Lay-Canessa, 15 July 2016

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“On ne se souvient pas [...] d’avoir entendu un Quatuor plus solide”

Reviewed at Conservatoire Darius Milhaud: Auditorium Campra, Aix-en-Provence on 14 July 2016

Purcell, Fantasies: various

Britten, String Quartet no. 3, Op.94

Beethoven, String Quartet no. 9 in C major, "Razumovsky", Op.59 no.3

Arcanto quartet

Antje Weithaas, Violin

Daniel Sepec, Violin

Tabea Zimmermann, Viola

Jean-Guihen Queyras, Cello

Heiliger Ort und göttliche Klänge

Norman Schwarze, 26th June

Mit anspruchsvollen Interpretationen überzeugte das Arcanto Quartett das Münchner Publikum in der Allerheiligen Kirche - Beethoven, Schumann und Smetana von ihrer besten Seite.

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Tharaud and Queyras celebrate 30 years together in Paris

David Karlin, 14th April

Crisp and elegant cello and piano playing is more successful in French and early repertoire than in Brahms.

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Chamber Orchestra of Europe brings all-Brahms evening to Philadelphia

Cameron Kelsall, 10th December

Conducted by honorary member Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the COE’s all-Brahms concert features the composer's First Symphony and final major work, the Double Concerto for Violin and Cello.

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Fiesta! Philippe Jordan’s Spanish postcard from the Festival Ravel

Mark Pullinger, 4th September

Born to a Basque mother just ten miles from the Spanish border, Ravel excelled at authentic Spanish flavours as heard in this splendid festival concert by the Orchestre National de France.

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Beautiful Brahms from the Belcea Quartet at East Neuk

Simon Thompson, 29th June

Heavenly strings and Hellish piano from the Belcea Quartet and their celebrity guests in Crail as the 2023 East Neuk Festival begins.

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Christian Gerhaher’s first portrait concert at the Musikverein

Chanda VanderHart, 3rd October

Swiss composer Othmar Schoeck’s Notturno is the rarity in an imaginative chamber recital dedicated to nocturnal music and transfiguration.

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Suzanne Lay-Canessa

Docteure en littérature comparée, passionnée de langues, Suzanne a consacré sa thèse de doctorat à Jean-Sébastien Bach. Elle enseigne le français, la littérature et l’histoire de l’Opéra à l’Institute for American Universities et à Sciences Po Aix. Collaboratrice régulière du journal Zibeline, elle publie dans les rubriques Musiques, Livres, Cinéma, Spectacle vivant et Arts Visuels.