As many of you know, Professor Guillaume Sutre of the UCLA Department of Music is also the first violin of the renowned Ysaye Quartet.

He writes:

“A few weeks ago, the Guarneri quartet was canceling its farewell tour in Europe because of health issues of one of the members. Their manager asked us to take over the tour with the same programs and dates, with my colleagues of the Ysaye Quartet.”

Venues were:

Venezia (IT) – Teatro La Fenice
Hannover (Ger) – Hannover Congress Centrum , Beethovensaal
Kopenhagen (DK) –
Helsinki (FI) – House of Nobility
Milano (IT) – Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi, Sala Grande
Wien (Aust) – Musikverein, Brahmssaal
Baden-Baden (Germ) – Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Basel (Swi) – Stadtcasino-Musiksaal
München (DE) – Herkulessaal

The works performed were:

Cesar Franck: Streichquartett (ca. 56 min)
Cesar Franck: Piano Quintet with Pascal Rogé (ca. 40 min)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Streichquartett Es-Dur op. 127 (ca. 36 min)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Streichquartett Nr. 15 a-moll op. 132 (ca. 40 min)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Streichquartett c-moll op. 18 Nr. 4 (ca. 22 min)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Streichquartett Nr.10 “Harfenquartett” Es-Dur op. 74 (ca. 30 min)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Streichquartett Es-Dur op. 127 (ca. 36 min)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Streichquartett Nr. 15 d-moll KV 421 (417b)
Bartok String quartet No. 6
Anton Dvorák: Streichquartett Nr. 12 F-Dur op. 96 ”American”

The Ysaye quartet, with Prof. Sutre at far left.

Congratulations to the quartet for filling in at the last minute with this challenging repertoire!