THE autumn season for the Malvern Concert Club will kick off with a fascinating performance by the Chiaroscuro Quartet.
The Quartet is known for using only traditional gut strings, as opposed to more modern, artificial strings, and so they offer a rare chance to hear how famous works might have actually sounded, back in the days of the great composers.
A critic for The Observer described the sound as "a shock to the ears of the best kind".
The quartet also uses bows that are historically correct for the Classical and early Romantic periods.
Gramophone magazine called the quartet, "a trailblazer for the authentic performance of High Classical chamber music".
Formed in 2005, the Chiaroscuro Quartet comprises violinists Alina Ibragimova, from Russia; Pablo Hernán Benedí, from Spain, the Swedish violist Emilie Hörnlund and cellist Claire Thirion, from France
The venue for the concert will be The Forum, at Malvern Theatres, on Thursday September 29, from 7.30pm, and the programme will include works by Mozart, Haydn and Schubert.
Tickets and further details on 01684 892277 and online at malvern-theatres.co.uk
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