Event Concerts and Performances Belcea Quartet & Quatuor Ébène: Octets by Mendelssohn & Enescu

Date and Location

Part of Concerts from the Library of Congress

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Musicians
Belcea Quartet:
Corina Belcea, violin
Suyeon Kang, violin
Krzysztof Chorzelski, viola
Antoine Lederlin, cello

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

Two of Europe’s most distinguished string quartets come together for a splendid concert offering masterly performances of monumental works of the chamber music repertoire. Written when both composers were still in their teens, the Mendelssohn and Enescu octets are prodigious creations, symphonic in concept and impact, with gorgeous melodies and rich, multilayered textures. Seize the opportunity to experience these two extraordinary works in one evening.

The Library’s holograph manuscript of the Mendelssohn, one of the treasures of the Music Division’s Gertrude Clarke Whittall Collection, will be on view in the Coolidge Auditorium foyer.

Preconcert lecture: “Teen eighngst: the early string octet powerhouses by Felix Mendelssohn and George Enescu”
David Plylar, Music Division
6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion

This concert inaugurates the Sally Hart and Bennett Tarlton McCallum Fund in the Library of Congress.

 

Featuring

  • Belcea Quartet

  • Quatuor Ébène

Schedule

Program
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
 Octet in E-flat major, op. 20

GEORGE ENESCU
 Octet in C major, op. 7

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