In the Quartet Amabile’s program, three classic string quartets from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries frame a recent work: Dai Fujikura composed Aquarius in 2020 for the young Japanese ensemble, which makes its third Pierre Boulez Saal appearance this season. “I wanted to write a piece that freely changes form without having a discernible feeling of sections,” the composer says. “The sound of a group of strings has a particular elasticity, and to me this is the only combination of instruments that allows you to continually shift one shape into another.”
Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in C major Hob. III:72 Op. 74/1Johannes Brahms - String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat major Op. 67 *** - ***Dai Fujikura - Aquarius (String Quartet No. 3)Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat major Op. 117