Festival Parisien: Debussy - String Quartet

Lieva Starker violin
Claudia Dehnke violin
Martha Evans viola
Xiang Fan cello

Debussy String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 (mvts I & II)

Wai Lam violin
Kataryzna Deja violin 
Qiuhan Kang violin
Griffith Wadkin cello

Debussy String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 (mvts III & IV)

Arthur Bocaneanu piano

Gildas Quartet:
Christopher Jones violin
Gemma Sharples violin
Kay Stephen viola
Anna Menzies cello

Franck Piano Quintet in F Minor

A turning point in the history of the String Quartet, Debussy’s Quartet is considered his first great work. It grips the listener from the first robust chord, dispelling all things Germanic and creating a new world of colour, sensation and ever-changing mood.

Cesar Frank’s colossal Quintet has been variously described as “an explosion”, exhibiting “torrid emotional power”, or the product of “unctuous narcissism”. Most listeners are swept away by it!