The start of an exciting project: the Quatuor Ébène, celebrated for its energetic and precise interpretations, will perform all 16 string quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven over two seasons. The very first concert of the cycle already reveals the emotional range the composer achieved in his quartet oeuvre. On one hand, there is the graceful, dance-like G major quartet from Beethoven’s early Opus 18; on the other, two late quartets: the dark and anguished Opus 131 and Opus 135, which shifts between humour and melancholy and was Beethoven’s last completed work.