The String quartet No.4 by Krzysztof PENDERECKI, the greatest Polish composer of our times, will be played for the first time in Belgium on 15 December 2016 in Flagey‘s Studio 4, whose wonderful acoustics will only serve to make this composition, commissioned jointly by London’s Wigmore Hall (with the support of the Hoffmann Foundation), Flagey and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Warsaw. It will be performed by the prestigious London-based quartet Belcea Quartet on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.
The concert will take place in the presence of Krzysztof PENDERECKI.

+++ Read the interview in De Standaard with Krzysztof Penderecki!

PROGRAMME
Franz SCHUBERT, String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat major, op. 125/1, D 87
Franz SCHUBERT, String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D 810,“Der Tod und das Mädchen”
Krzysztof PENDERECKI, String Quartet No. 2
Krzysztof PENDERECKI, String Quartet No. 4

BELCEA QUARTET
Corina BELCEA – violin
Axel SCHACHER – violin
Krzysztof CHORZELSKI – viola
Antoine LEDERLIN – cello

PRACTICAL INFORMATION 
>>> Flagey (Place Sainte-Croix, 1050 Brussels), Studio 4 – see map 
>>> Thursday 15 December 2016 – 20:15
>>> €41 > €16 
(online box office) 

+++ on the Flagey’s site 

Production: Wigmore Hall, Fondation Hoffmann, Polish Institute Brussels, Flagey, Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical, Adam Mickiewicz Institute
With the support of the Belcea Trust