Le Printemps des Arts: “Concert by Candlelight: Beethoven & Schönberg”

Le Printemps des Arts (Spring Arts Festival) continues with a “Concert by Candlelight: Beethoven & Schönberg” on Sunday 16 March 2025, at 5 pm in Théâtre Princesse Grace.

With special guests Sindy Mohamed and Henri Demarquette, the Quatuor Akilone continue their exploration of both Viennese Schools through a pair of pioneering pieces. The first is Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 16, concise, sharp, rich, and whose final exclamation “Es muss sein!” was the inspiration for everyone from Léo Ferré to Milan Kunderaz. The second piece is Arnold Schönberg’s Transfigured Night, a work of symphonic poetry and a fresh and inventive new vision of chamber music.