Recently selected as BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists for 2023-2025, the dynamic Chaos String Quartet makes the trip across the pond for their Ottawa debut amidst a hectic end-of-year performance schedule in Europe, including concerts at Wigmore Hall and Ravenna. To introduce their “new austrian sound” the group will perform a mixed program of classics with a cameo contemporary work. Presented in collaboration with the Austrian Cultural Forum.

• Chaos String Quartetstring quartet
• Susanne Schäfferviolon
• Eszter Kruchióviolin
• Sara Marzadoriviola
• Bas Jongencello

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
String Quartet No. 17 in B-flat Major (“The Hunt”), K. 458
Allegro vivace assai
Menuetto and Trio: Moderato
Adagio
Allegro assai

Diego Conti (b. 1958)
Une étoile dansante

Intermission

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131
Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo
Allegro molto vivace
Allegro moderato
Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile
            Presto
Adagio quasi un poco andante
Allegro

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This concert is presented in collaboration with the Austrian Cultural Forum, a programme of the Embassy of Austria in Canada.