Chiaroscuro Quartet
Sat, Mar 6, 2027 7:30 PM
Smith Theatre | Horowitz Center HCC
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Performance Information
Celebrate Women’s History Month with an electrifying CMM debut from one of today’s most exciting string quartets. The Chiaroscuro Quartet, which takes their name from the painting technique that plays with extremes of light and darkness, performs on gut strings with historical bows. Gramophone calls their sound “a trailblazer for the authentic performance of High Classical chamber music.” The Strad writes that “…the Chiaroscuro produces a sound of ravishing sonic and intonational purity…” Their program spans a vast emotional arc: from Bach’s intellectual majesty, to Haydn’s brilliant wit in the “Joke” Quartet, to the volcanic power of Beethoven’s late Op. 132, one of the most deeply personal works he ever wrote.
The Program
Bach: Selections from The Art of Fugue
Haydn: String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 33, No. 2 “The Joke”
Beethoven: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132
About The Artist
Formed in 2005, Chiaroscuro Quartet comprises of violinists Alina Ibragimova and Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux, violist Emilie Hörnlund and cellist Claire Thirion. 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…
