Chaos String Quartet

Streichquartett im Kleinen Saal

Chaos String Quartet

Disruptive, threatening and at the same time the primal beginning of a creative process - our relationship to chaos is divided. The Chaos String Quartet lives up to its name and devotes itself to this ambivalent state by tidying things up a little before the Konzerthausorchester tells the most famous musical creation story at the end of our festival. Fugues by Bach and Beethoven sneak in between the composed confusion of Haydn, Rebel and Ligeti, in whose string quartet, according to the composer, “all movements are present at the same time”. In his “Great Fugue”, Beethoven takes the compositional principle of orderly polyphony to such extremes that contemporary ears were more confused than clear. Possibly a classic case of chaotic order?

Joseph Haydn - „Die Vorstellung des Chaos“ aus dem Oratorium „Die Schöpfung“ Hob XXI:2Johann Sebastian Bach - Contrapunctus I aus „Die Kunst der Fuge“ BWV 1080Jean-Féry Rebel - „Le Cahos“ aus „Les Éléments“György Ligeti - Streichquartett Nr. 2PauseJean-Philippe Rameau - Ouvertüre zur Oper „Zaïs“Johann Sebastian Bach - Contrapunctus II aus „Die Kunst der Fuge“ BWV 1080Alfred Schnittke - Erster Satz (Andante) aus dem Streichquartett Nr. 3Ludwig van Beethoven - Große Fuge B-Dur op. 133

Runtime: Thu, 19/02/2026 to Thu, 19/02/2026

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• Date Thursday, 19/February/2026 20:00 bis 22:30
• Venue Konzerthaus Berlin - Kleiner Saal
• Address Gendarmenmarkt, 10117 Berlin-Mitte
• Price from €28.80

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