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03/07/2024 7:30 pm 03/07/2024 9:30 pm America/New_York Hagen String QuartetRichardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall
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Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall
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About the Event
“One of the finest quartets of our time, the Hagen [Quartet] … comes too rarely to our shores,” proclaims the Washington Post. Having recently celebrated its 40th anniversary, the most senior and venerated of the European quartets finally returns to PUC with a program most fitting for the occasion. The infrequency of their American tours makes each visit all the more special – an attribute reflected in the rare beauty of a Haydn string quartet in a minor key and in the startling beauty of Debussy’s only string quartet, which they will perform. The ensemble will leave us with one of Beethoven’s final works – a masterpiece that set the future of music on a new axis, leaving behind everything that came before. Hearing it performed by the Hagen Quartet, a group that has consistently set a new standard throughout its storied career, similarly promises to be a defining moment in our history.
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Musicians
Lukas Hagen Violin
Rainer Schmidt Violin
Veronika Hagen Viola
Clemens Hagen Cello
“One of the finest quartets of our time, the Hagen [Quartet] … comes too rarely to our shores,” proclaims the Washington Post. Having recently celebrated its 40th anniversary, the most senior and venerated of the European quartets finally returns to PUC with a program most fitting for the occasion. The infrequency of their American tours makes each visit all the more special – an attribute reflected in the rare beauty of a Haydn string quartet in a minor key and in the startling beauty of Debussy’s only string quartet, which they will perform. The ensemble will leave us with one of Beethoven’s final works – a masterpiece that set the future of music on a new axis, leaving behind everything that came before. Hearing it performed by the Hagen Quartet, a group that has consistently set a new standard throughout its storied career, similarly promises to be a defining moment in our history.
Musicians
Lukas Hagen Violin
Rainer Schmidt Violin
Veronika Hagen Viola
Clemens Hagen Cello
Program
- Joseph Haydn
Quartet in D Minor, Op. 76, No. 2 “Fifths”
- Claude Debussy
Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10
- Ludwig van Beethoven
Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131