Belcea Quartet © Marco Borggreve
Quatuor Ebene © Julien Mignot
Belcea Quartet / Quatuor Ébène
Friday
6
May
2022
19:30
Mozart-Saal
Performers
Belcea Quartet
Corina Belcea, Violine
Axel Schacher, Violine
Krzysztof Chorzelski, Viola
Antoine Lederlin, Violoncello
Quatuor Ébène
Pierre Colombet, Violine
Gabriel Le Magadure, Violine
Marie Chilemme, Viola
Raphaël Merlin, Violoncello
Programme
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Streichoktett Es-Dur op. 20 (1825)
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George Enescu
Oktett C-Dur op. 7 (1900)
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Zugabe:
Gabriel Fauré
In paradisum (Requiem op. 48) (Bearbeitung für Streichoktett) (1877/1887–1890)
Subscription series
Artemis & Belcea A
Links
https://www.belceaquartet.com
https://www.quatuorebene.com
Presented by
Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft
Key Works in an Octet
When the members of the Belcea Quartet and Quatuor Ébène join forces to form an octet, it promises eightfold chamber music pleasure. The two ensembles interpret compositions by George Enescu and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. The latter's Octet has secured a reputation as one of the great masterpieces of chamber music. It is considered Mendelssohn's most important youthful work – the very first movement is »a testimony and symbol of radiant youth«, musicologist Eric Werner once noted. The airy Scherzo, which the then 16-year-old composed – inspired by verses from the Walpurgis Night scene in Goethe's Faust – is famous. No less fascinating is the Octet by George Enescu: also a youthful work and a stroke of musical genius, it characterises the individual and visionary style of the Romanian composer.
Publications
Program sheet