Outlaws

Quatuor Agate was chosen by Europe’s main concert venues as one of this season’s ECHO Rising Stars. Graduating in 2016 and already a winner of various international competitions and festivals, they present a programme which combines the music and stories of artists considered “outlaws” for defying the musical or social norms of their day. Carlo Gesualdo, a 16th-century composer, prince and murderer; Ethel Smyth, a 20th-century English composer, feminist and lesbian arrested for her activism; and Shostakovich, an opponent of the artistic doctrine of the Soviet regime. Whether murderers, subversives, convicts or censured, all had to answer for their actions and opinions. The writings of authors like Aldous Huxley, Julian Barnes and Jean Genet, inspired by these fascinating lives, provide the narrative substance that accompanies the masterpieces presented here.

Quatuor Agate
Quatuor Agate

Programme

Quatuor Agate
Adrien Jurkovic violin
Thomas Descamps violin
Raphaël Pagnon viola
Simon Lachemet cello

Carlo Gesualdo Canzon Francese del Principe
Anna Korsun Last Flight (commissioned by Konzerthaus Dortmund, Köln Philharmonie, Philharmonie de Paris and ECHO)
Carlo Gesualdo O vos omnes
Ethel Smyth (arr. Quatuor Agate) The Prison
Ethel Smyth Scherzo, from the String Quartet in E minor
Alexandre Aliabiev Adagio, from the String Quartet No. 3 in G major
Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8, Op. 110
Philip Glass Melody for Saxophone No. 6 (for Jene Genet’s play Prisoner of Love)
Dinuk WijeratneThe Disappearance of Lisa Gherardini

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prices and DISCOUNTS

PRICE

€ 12

DISCOUNTS

Amigo 25%

AGE RATING

>6