The Desguin Quartet, one of the most intriguing emerging ensembles on the European scene, comes to the LAC with a program spanning the 19th and 20th centuries, featuring works by Giacomo Puccini, Claude Debussy, Frank Martin, and Franz Schubert. This journey brings together different yet complementary musical languages, ranging from elegy to timbral exploration and cantabile expression.
The Desguin Quartet, acclaimed for the clarity of its sound and its warm, velvety tone, presents a program that brings together works from different eras and styles, united by a strong focus on the color and expressiveness of the string quartet.
Puccini’s
*Crisantemi*
opens the concert with a subdued and elegiac character: a brief piece marked by a mournful tempo and direct lyricism. From this intimate atmosphere, the journey shifts, with Debussy, toward a freer and more fluid sonic universe: the movement from Op. 10 stands out for its rhythmic energy and timbral variety.
The Swiss composer Frank Martin’s *La Pavane couleur du temps*
introduces a suspended dimension, inspired by a fairy-tale image, in which the composition reworks the dance tradition with elegance and tension.
Schubert’s Rosamunde Quartet closes the program by returning to the dawn of Romanticism, with a expansive and song-like style in which the melodic line intertwines with a subtle melancholy, creating a more lyrical atmosphere.
A musical journey that highlights the expressive richness of the string quartet, capable of reinventing itself across different eras and musical languages.