Quatuor Agate

• Classical Music

At the Rising Stars Festival, the Elbphilharmonie Recital Hall again becomes the stage for the most exciting musicians of the young generation in January 2025. Amongst these stars of tomorrow is the Quatuor Agate, as the only ensemble. The string quartet formed in Berlin in 2016 and the musicians’ joint career long since assumed an international format. The Guardian enthuses about the Brahms debut album by the four Frenchmen: »Warm, wonderfully refined sound, impeccable intonation and punctilious attention to detail.«

Under the heading »Outlaws«, the Quatuor Agate presents a well-thought out concept programme in Hamburg with String Quartet No. 8 by Dmitri Shostakovich at its heart. Under the impact of the tyranny of his Russian homeland, Shostakovich created a piece of bloodcurdling intensity in 1960 that he saw as his own musical obituary.

Adrien Jurkovic, Thomas Descamps, Raphaël Pagnon and Simon Iachemet surround this confessional music with a broad-based programme combination which ranges from the Renaissance to the present day. Projections accompany the programme and shine a light on the life of the composers. With singing, the musicians rise far above their usual role as instrumentalists in the commissioned composition by Anna Korsun.

PERFORMERS

Quatuor Agate string quartet

Adrien Jurkovic violin

Thomas Descamps violin

Raphaël Pagnon viola

Simon Iachemet violoncello

PROGRAM

»Outlaws«

Anna Korsun
Last Flight

Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa
Canzon francese del Principe

Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa
O vos omnes aus: Tenebrae-Responsorien

Dame Ethel Smyth
The Deliverance. The Prisoner Awakes aus: The Prison

Dame Ethel Smyth
Scherzo aus: Streichquartett c-Moll

Alexander Aljabjew
Adagio aus: Streichquartett Nr. 3 G-Dur

Dmitri Schostakowitsch
String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110

Philip Glass
Melodies for Saxophone Nr. 6

Dinuk Wijeratne
Disappearance of Lisa Gherardini