Arnaga Quartet Announces New Season of Musicales Concerts

The Quatuor Arnaga,a string quartet based in the Basque country of France,is set to perform a compelling program of classical music,showcasing both established masters and lesser-known composers.The ensemble, comprised of Arnaud Aguergaray and Aurelia Lambert on violins, Olivier Seube on viola, and Yves Bouillier on cello, draws its name from the Villa Arnaga, the famed residence of playwright Edmond Rostand in Cambo-les-Bains, where they frequently perform.

Program Highlights

The concert will open with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Divertimento, a piece composed during his youth and celebrated for its inventive charm.Following this, the quartet will perform Giacomo Puccini’s “Crisantemi,” a poignant work written in response to the death of Victor Emmanuel II’s son. Puccini composed the piece in a single night,reflecting the depth of his emotion. Operabase provides further details on this work.

The performance will culminate with Franz Schubert’s “Die junge gräfin” (The Young Countess), also known as “La Jeune fille et la mort” (The Young Girl and death), a song cycle composed shortly before Schubert’s own death at the age of 31. Critics often describe this work as Schubert reaching a “sublime” level of artistic expression. AllMusic offers a complete overview of the cycle.

About the Quatuor Arnaga

founded in 2004, the Quatuor Arnaga is dedicated to performing a broad repertoire of string quartets, spanning from