Éclats de lumièreL'art du Quatuor

The string quartet offers us a rare space: one of listening, dialogue, and harmony. This program explores its brilliance, between classical rigor, poetic sound, and sensitive modernity.

The opening piece, Joseph Haydn's String Quartet No. 3, Op. 1, takes us back to the origins of the genre. This early work already displays the principles of the classical style: balance of voices, formal clarity, and lively exchanges. It is a luminous, seminal work of subtle simplicity.

At the heart of the program, Francisco Alvarado's Berceuse rises like a contemporary voice, imbued with gentleness and mystery. A previously unheard work, it unfolds a sound universe that is both intimate and suspended, reflecting a contemporary sensibility. In this delicate weaving of timbres and silences, time seems to stand still, and listening becomes almost meditative.

Finally, Maurice Ravel's Quartet in F major brings this journey to a close with a work of rare finesse, an emblematic piece for the Adastra Quartet. At the crossroads of tradition and modernity, it combines the formal rigor inherited from its predecessors with a richness of colors and textures characteristic of Impressionism.
A highlight of the French repertoire and the culmination of this program.