Doric String Quartet / Alina Ibragimova / Cédric Tiberghien
Lekeu / Debussy / Chausson
Worlds of Romantic music
When two internationally acclaimed chamber music ensembles join forces to play a special masterpiece of Late Romantic French music, one can only regret that there are not more works for piano, violin and string quartet. At least there is one such in the repertoire – a marvellous piece from the pen of Ernest Chausson! And in tonight’s concert this gorgeous score is performed by two exceptional formations: the English Doric String Quartet and the likewise much-praised duo consisting of violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cédric Tiberghien.
The works by Guillaume Lekeu and Claude Debussy that the two ensembles perform separately are no less lacking in charm and wit. Ibragimova and Tiberghien present the Violin Sonata by Belgian composer Guillaume Lekeu, which was given its premiere in 1983 by the great virtuoso Eugène Ysaÿe. 1893 was also the year in which Debussy’s epoch-making string quartet had its first performance in Paris and cast open the gateway to modern music.
Performers
Doric String Quartet
Alex Redington violin
Ying Xue violin
Hélène Clément viola
John Myerscough violoncello
Alina Ibragimova violin
Cédric Tiberghien piano
Programme
Guillaume Lekeu
Sonate für Violine und Klavier G-Dur
Claude Debussy
Streichquartett g-Moll op. 10
– Interval –
Ernest Chausson
Konzert für Klavier, Violine und Streichquartett D-Dur op. 21