Quatuor de Jérusalem

Presented by Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (LR-228514). Quatuor de Jérusalem The Quatuor de Jérusalem celebrates Mozart, Bartók, and Ravel. Mozart String Quartet no 17 K. 458 "The Hunt" Bartók String Quartet n° 6 Ravel String Quartet op. 35 In a few words It was on the benches of the Rubin Academy of Jerusalem that the Jerusalem Quartet was formed more than twenty years ago, in 1993. Together, they trained in the very particular art of the string quartet under Romanian-born violinist Avi Abramovitch. Success was not long in coming in Israel and internationally, and the doors of concert halls around the world opened to them. For this evening, they have chosen to perform Mozart and his op. 17, the fourth of the Quartets dedicated to Haydn and an immense masterpiece of intimate chamber music, rich in subtleties and bathed in that emotional instability so characteristic of the composer. Following will be Bartók's sixth quartet, the last major page composed by the musician before his exile to the United States. It intensely bears witness to the inevitable approach of a farewell, which would prove definitive, to his native country, and Ravel's youthful quartet, dedicated to his "dear master Gabriel Fauré" but already so revealing of an assertive personality.