Chiaroscuro Quartet and Consone Quartet

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Chiaroscuro Quartet
Alina Ibragimova and Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux violin

Emilie Hörnlund viola

Claire Thirion cello

Consone Quartet
Agata Daraškaitė and Hatty Haynes* violin

Elitsa Bogdanova viola

George Rosscello cello

*Hatty Haynes is kindly replacing Magdalena Loth-Hill who is expecting a baby

Mozart String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465, Dissonance

Haydn String Quartet No.1 in E flat major, Op.20

Mendelssohn String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20, MWV R 20

As this year’s Brighton Festival looks both backwards over its first sixty years and forwards to its next sixty, two leading string quartets – one formed over 20 years ago, the other from a younger generation, but both proponents of authentic period styles – each present a masterpiece by one of the twin founders of the genre, Haydn and Mozart, before combining forces, and uniting past, present and future, in the teenage Mendelssohn’s miraculously mature yet evergreen Octet, which was itself the first of its kind.

Established in 2005, led by violinist Alina Ibragimova, and performing on gut strings with historical bows, the Chiaroscuro Quartet was hailed by Gramophone magazine as “a trailblazer for the authentic performance of High Classical chamber music”, while The Observer greeted its unique sound as “a shock to the ears of the best, most arresting kind”.

Formed at the Royal College of Music a decade later, the prize-winning Consone Quartet became the first period-instrument string quartet to be selected as BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists and was praised by no less a period pioneer than the late Roger Norrington for its “perfect intonation, tremendous attack and impeccable historical style”.

Supported by Margaret Polmear

Classical Music
Sun 3 May, 3pm

£22.50, £27.50, £35, Standing £10, Under 30's £20*

This event is taking place at Glyndebourne Opera House

Gardens and Mildmay Tearooms open at 1pm

Ages 5+, no unaccompanied Under 14s in the venue

Reserved Seated and Standing