Spivey Hall at Clayton State University

Belcea Quartet

Saturday, March 7, 2009
8:15PM
Spivey Hall Debut
Pre Concert Talk - 7:15PM

$40

Resident quartet of London's illustrious Wigmore Hall from 2001 to 2006, the Belcea Quartet (Saturday, March 7, 2009) wins fervent praise for its high-energy performances throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and the US, as well as for its acclaimed EMI recordings. Romanian native and violinist Corina Belcea-Fisher, English violinist Laura Samuel, Warsaw-born violist Krzysztof Chorzelski and French cellist Antoine Lederlin are the musicians of the Belcea Quartet, whose playing the Los Angeles Times described as "gutsy and mellifluous, delicate and bold, balancing deep concentration and easy intuition, ever bearing down while ever letting go. For their consistency, strength, virtuosity and single-mindedness, one cannot admire these young players overmuch." Their Spivey Hall debut program features the First String Quartet by English composer, Benjamin Britten, as well as a Haydn quartet and Schubert's emotionally-charged D-minor Quartet, "Death and the Maiden."

HAYDN String Quartet in D major, Op. 50, No. 6; BRITTEN String Quartet No. 1, Op. 25; SCHUBERT String Quartet in D minor, D.810, "Death and the Maiden"

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