An evening of encounters and musical journeys.
The concert opens with the classical freshness of Michael Haydn‘s String Quintet, performed by the Novo Quartet and violist Amihai Grosz, before plunging into the romantic intensity of Carl Nielsen’s Quartet No. 2.
Pianist Orlando Bass then takes us to Spain with the first book of Isaac Albéniz's Iberia, bursting with colour and rhythm.
Next up are Ligeti's Six Bagatelles, reinvented by Nicolas Herrouët for the Ellipsos Quartet, accompanied by flautist Emmanuel Pahud.
The evening finally lights up with two rhapsodies: Bizet's Carmen, revisited by Jun Nagao, and Gershwin's unmissable Rhapsody in Blue, both performed by the Ellipsos Quartet and pianist Frank Braley.

Michaël Haydn (1737-1806)
String Quintet in B flat major, MH 412

Novo Quartet
Amihai Grosz viola

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
String Quartet No. 2 in F minor, Op. 5

Quatuor Novo

Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)
Iberia, Book 1

Orlando Bass piano

György Ligeti (1923-2006)
Six Bagatelles
arrangements Nicolas Herrouët

Quatuor Ellipsos
Emmanuel Pahud flute

Georges Bizet (1938-1975)
Rhapsody on Carmen
arrangements Jun Nagao

Quatuor Ellipsos
Frank Braley piano

George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Rhapsody in Blue
arrangements by Nicolas Herrouët

Quatuor Ellipsos
Frank Braley piano