Programme

Be thoven
4 Strings: Part II

Quatuor Ébène
Salle de Musique de Chambre
Tue
The Quatuor Ebène standing together for a black-and-white group portrait.
©: Julien Mignot

What you’ll hear and see

The music

  • Ludwig van Beethoven Streichquartett op. 18/1 Streichquartett op. 74 «Harfenquartett» / «Les Harpes» Streichquartett op. 59/3 «Rasumowsky»

The artists

  • Quatuor Ébène
  • Pierre Colombet violin
  • Gabriel Le Magadure violin
  • Marie Chilemme viola
  • Yuya Okamoto cello

Album

Enhance your experience

résonance: Gabriel Le Magadure (FR)

Artist talk: Gabriel Le Magadure in conversation with Charlotte Brouard-Tartarin

About «résonances»

A string quartet for harps? Not quite – we’ll explain.

Beethoven’s String Quartet N° 10 picked up a nickname that has stuck for over two centuries. The plucked strings at the start sounded so unusual to early listeners that they called it the «Harp» – and once you hear it, you’ll get why. The Quatuor Ébène frames it between the very first quartet Beethoven published (already full of big ideas) and the third «Rasumowsky», which builds from a hushed, mysterious opening into one of the most white-knuckle finales he ever wrote. A proper rollercoaster of a programme.

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