Ensemble Music Society

Jerusalem Quartet

Program:
Mendelssohn | Quartet in E Minor, Op. 44, No. 2
Webern | Langsamer Satz (1905)
Tchaikovsky | Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11

Since the ensemble’s founding in 1993, these four Israeli musicians have embarked on a journey of growth and maturation. This journey has resulted in a stunning depth of expression, which carries on the string quartet tradition in a unique manner. The ensemble has found its core in a warm, full, and human sound.

Mendelssohn’s Op. 44 quartets are beautifully crafted works in an agile “late” classical style. Full of nervous, virtuosic passion, intimate romantic lyricism, sprightly dance movements.  Consistently appreciated since its debut, The Tchaikovsky D Major Quartet enjoys significant fame: it is the first noteworthy work of Russian chamber music, (the first great string quartet before Borodin), it contains one of Classical music’s greatest hits, and, according to Tchaikovsky’s own diary, it moved Tolstoy to tears.

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