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Programmes
2027/2028

I. Mirror of the Times
Autumn 2027
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73
Haydn: String Quartet in F major, Op. 77 No. 2 "Lobkovitz"
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Dvorak: String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 "American"

II. “Good morning UK”
Spring 2028
Purcell: Selection of Fantasias
Adès: String Quartet “Arcadiana”
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Britten: String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 25

III. Quatuor Ébène & Orchestra
Adams: Absolute Jest
Adams: Absolute Jest for String Quartet and Orchestra

IV. Waves: Acoustic meets electronic - String Quartet & Electronics
Summer 2028
Quatuor Ébène & Xavier Tribolet
The purely acoustic String Quartet and electronic instruments represent two very different musical aesthetics and are rarely heard together in concert.
While it seems obvious that they can resonate together, may the overtone-rich timbre of a Stradivari meld with simple synthesized sinusoidal square waves?

Corruption? Assimilation? Liberation?

Quatuor Ébène, a veritable laboratory of sound exploration for 23 years now, and Xavier Tribolet, a poet of electronic waves, will embark on this bold but promising blend.

In own compositions, new arrangements and inspired by selected artists (Fauré, Messiaen, Pärt, Monk, Ellington, Mingus, Shorter, Aphex Twin) the five musicians venture into unusual creations, rhythms and harmonies, all this in the natural volume of their acoustic instruments. And, of course, some vocal chords will vibrate as well...

V. Quatuor Ébène & Orchestra
John Adams - Absolute Jest for String Quartet and Orchestra

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