The Belcea Quartet performs Haydn, Ligeti & Dvořák

Synopsis

The Belcea Quartet, one of the world’s leading chamber music ensembles, lights up the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin with their exciting programme consisting of three string quartets from three different centuries. The hall with its perfect acoustics specifically caters to the needs of performers of chamber music and provides an intimate setting for the multinational quartet, here beautifully captured on film. Haydn’s 18th century masterpiece is followed by Ligeti’s String Quartet No. 1 and an atmospheric rendition of Dvořák’s so-called “American Quartet”. The musicians’ journey through the history of string quartets is rounded off by the encore “O Albion”, the sixth movement of contemporary English composer Thomas Adès’s String Quartet Op. 12 “Arcadiana”. “The Belcea Quartet searches and finds the essence of this music” (Der Tagesspiegel).

Additional Info

• No: A055507040000
• Composer: Joseph Haydn, György Ligeti, Antonín Dvořák
• Production year: 2017
• Run time: 01:24:00
• Producers: UNITEL and Heliox Films in co-production with Belcea Quartet in association with Boulez Saal and Classicall.tv with the support of CNC
• Format: 4K