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Concert - Cuarteto Casals - Haydn, Fábregas, Schubert
Music · Monday, November 16 · 20:00 · Metz
L'Arsenal Jean-Marie Rausch, 3 Avenue Ney
With Haydn, the joy of life always prevails. The string quartets by the Austrian composer not only mark the birth of a genre but lay the foundations for works that will inspire his successors like Mozart or Beethoven. Written in 1772, the String Quartet Op. 20 No. 5 is a fireworks display of inventiveness, grace and expressivity. Not content with being among the great architects of the current Haydn revival, the Casals Quartet members are passionate interpreters of the Romantic repertoire. In 1824, Franz Schubert, already ill, seizes a melody from youth full of foreboding. The famous early…