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Cuarteto Casals

Haydn, Mendelssohn and Shostakovich

Part of the Wigmore Hall Summer Concerts 2022

Add to my Calendar 02-07-2022 19:30 02-07-2022 21:30 36 Cuarteto Casals Founded exactly 25 years ago, the ensemble won the London International String Quartet Competition (predecessor of the Wigmore event) in 2000 and has subsequently enjoyed a career in the highest echelons of the chamber-music world. A wide range of recordings – including, recently, the entire Beethoven sequence – has been consistently well received. 'No other quartet can match this group's four-voiced marriage,' wrote The Independent, 'with its particular blend of fine-honed precision and passionate expressiveness.' Wigmore Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore St
Marylebone
London
W1U 2BP
England

Programme

Joseph Haydn – String Quartet no.26 in G minor, Op.20 no.3, Hob III:33
Dmitry Shostakovich – String Quartet no.1 in C major, Op.49
~ Interval ~
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet no.3 in D major, Op.44 no.1

Performers

Cuarteto Casals

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Programme Note

Founded exactly 25 years ago, the ensemble won the London International String Quartet Competition (predecessor of the Wigmore event) in 2000 and has subsequently enjoyed a career in the highest echelons of the chamber-music world. A wide range of recordings – including, recently, the entire Beethoven sequence – has been consistently well received. 'No other quartet can match this group's four-voiced marriage,' wrote The Independent, 'with its particular blend of fine-honed precision and passionate expressiveness.'

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