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Quatuor Ebène
Ligeti, Purcell and Schumann
Part of the Wigmore Hall Autumn Concerts 2022 Season
Add to my Calendar 25-10-2022 19:30 25-10-2022 21:30 36 Quatuor Ebène From ancient to modern in this programme from the French ensemble founded in 1999 which went on to win major awards at the ARD International Music Competition in 2004 and the Belmont Prize from the Forberg-Schneider Foundation in 2005; in 2009 its Ravel, Fauré and Debussy disc won awards from both BBC Music Magazine and Gramophone. Predating the string quartet era, Purcell’s Fantasias were composed for viol consort, while Ligeti’s 1953-4 work was written under the influence of his fellow Hungarian Bartók. Wigmore Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore St
Marylebone
London
W1U 2BP
England
Programme
Henry Purcell – Fantasia in G minor, Z.735 no.4
Henry Purcell – Fantasia in B flat major, Z.736 no.5
Henry Purcell – Fantasia no.6 in F major, Z.737
Henry Purcell – Fantasia in D minor, Z.739 no.8
Henry Purcell – Fantasia in A minor, Z.740 no.9
Henry Purcell – Fantasia in G major, Z.742 no.11
György Ligeti – String Quartet no.1 'Metamorphoses Nocturnes'
~ Interval ~
Robert Schumann – String Quartet no.1 in A minor, Op.41 no.1
Performers
Quatuor Ebène
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Programme Note
From ancient to modern in this programme from the French ensemble founded in 1999 which went on to win major awards at the ARD International Music Competition in 2004 and the Belmont Prize from the Forberg-Schneider Foundation in 2005; in 2009 its Ravel, Fauré and Debussy disc won awards from both BBC Music Magazine and Gramophone. Predating the string quartet era, Purcell’s Fantasias were composed for viol consort, while Ligeti’s 1953-4 work was written under the influence of his fellow Hungarian Bartók.
