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Concert Details
29
April
Overview
Early and Late – Chiaroscuro Quartet
TIME UNWRAPPED 2018 | LONDON CHAMBER MUSIC SUNDAYS
JS Bach The Art of Fugue (selections)
Beethoven String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18
Schubert String Quartet No. 13 in A minor Rosamunde
Alina Ibragimova violin
Pablo Hernán Benedí violin
Emilie Hörnlund viola
Claire Thirion cello
For Beethoven, Bach was ‘the immortal God of harmony’, whose music had an indelible influence on his own. The celebrated Chiaroscuro Quartet, led by Alina Ibragimova, open with Bach’s enigmatic trove of four-part writing before leaping into Beethoven’s vivacious early Op. 18 No. 4 Quartet, with its fugal textures and unruly asymmetry.
Franz Schubert, provoked by Beethoven’s example, developed a new approach in his late works, integrating and transforming ideas from stage or song into quartets of immense dramatic power. In the Rosamunde, which quotes from the song ’Beautiful world, where are you?’, past conflict and present peace provide the spur for a sublimated musical narrative.
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6.30pm Sunday, 29th April 2018
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