The Hagen Quartet at the Festival de Pâques

By Mark Valencia, 10 April 2018

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“the conviction of their playing was mesmerising”

Reviewed at Théâtre du Jeu de Paume, Aix-en-Provence on 7 April 2018

Beethoven, String Quartet no. 3 in D major, Op.18 no.3

Webern, String Quartet Op. post (1905)

Debussy, String Quartet in G minor, Op.10

Lukas Hagen, Violin

Rainer Schmidt, Violin

Veronika Hagen, Viola

Clemens Hagen, Cello

Hagen Quartet

Extending traditions: Jörg Widmann and the Hagen Quartet

Edward Sava-Segal, 22nd March

In Mozart's Clarinet Quintet, the dialogue between instruments, underlined by changes in moods and textures, had an operatic quality.

****1

Hagen Quartet shines in Zankel Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 1st March

No perceivable whiff of ennui from the Hagen Quartet, whose four members truly play like a single organism.

*****

The Hagen Quartet’s Mozart: a triumph of communication

Sarah Batschelet, 2nd May

In Zurich, the German configuration brilliantly showcased the composer’s supreme achievement in the string quartet genre.

*****

Abschiedstournee einer Legende: das Hagen-Quartett am Gstaad Festival

Thomas Schacher, 21st August

In der Kirche Saanen, der Wiege des Gstaad-Menuhin-Festivals, bot das renommierte Streichquartett aus Salzburg, unterstützt vom Pianisten Mao Fujita, Kammermusik in meisterhaften Interpretationen.

*****

Frisch und melancholisch: das Hagen Quartett im Pierre Boulez Saal

Sebastian Urmoneit, 25th May

Das Quartett zeigte im einem Programm mit Haydn und Brahms, wie sich beiden Komponisten ineinander spiegeln lassen... und es wurde zu einer wahren Sternstunde.

*****

Das Hagen-Quartett und Jörg Widmann laden in die Komponierstube

Sebastian Urmoneit, 12th November

Das Hagen-Quartett und Jörg Widmann laden in die Komponierstuben von Robert Schumann und Johannes Brahms ein.

*****

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Mark Valencia

Mark has worked in arts journalism for four decades, both as a writer and as a French-English translator. Nowadays he focuses his energies on reviewing opera and music. Mark also writes for Opera magazine and for Musical America as a correspondent for Europe and the UK.

Mesmerising: The Hagen Quartet at the Festival de Pâques