[SOLD OUT] Phillips Collection: Chiaroscuro Quartet
SOLD OUT
- Alina Ibragimova, violin
- Pablo Hernán Benedí, violin
- Emilie Hörnlund, viola
- Claire Thirion, cello
Henry Purcell — Fantasia No. 8 in D minor, Z. 739
Henry Purcell — Fantasia No. 11 in G major, Z. 742
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95 "Serioso"
Franz Schubert — String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden"
Please note: Due to demand, all concerts for the Phillips Music 2024-25 Season are now sold out.
Formed in 2005, Chiaroscuro Quartet is a rarity among quartets today and is known for their use of gut strings with historically appropriate bows. As specialists in Classical and early Romantic period music, they bring their unique sound to the Phillips. They begin with a set of fantasias by Henry Purcell, which exhibit a striking ability to spontaneously shift between jubilance, sorrow, and all the shades in between. Next they turn to Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet in F minor, Op. 95, No. 11, to which Beethoven gave the subtitle "Serioso"—one of the few works to which he assigned a subtitle himself, suggesting an elevated significance that is paralleled by the internal strife exuded in the work. Chiaroscuro concludes their concert with Franz Schubert's String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden," which draws thematic material from an earlier setting of a poem by Matthias Claudius for voice with piano and walks the line between programmatic and absolute music.
About Chiaroscuro Quartet
Formed in 2005, Chiaroscuro Quartet comprises violinists Alina Ibragimova (Russia) and Pablo Hernán Benedí (Spain), the Swedish violist Emilie Hörnlund and cellist Claire Thirion from France. Dubbed "a trailblazer for the authentic performance of High Classical chamber music" in Gramophone, this international ensemble performs music of the Classical and early Romantic periods on gut strings and with historical bows. The quartet's unique sound—described in The Observer as "a shock to the ears of the best kind"—is highly acclaimed by audiences and critics all over Europe.
https://www.chiaroscuroquartet.com/