Kuss Quartett plays Bartók, Mozart and Coll

Kuss Quartet

When browsing through reviews written about the German Kuss Quartett, the word 'fresh' often catches the eye. The four string players made their debut in the Concertgebouw more than twenty years ago, and since then they have only gained in narrative power and depth. They travel the world with a repertoire that spans the centuries. In the Small Hall, in addition to existing work, they will play the String Quartet 'Códices' by Francisco Coll, written especially for the quartet.

Bartok, Mozart and Coll

Six seems to be a sacred number for the string quartet: Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven wrote cycles of six pieces, Bartók spent his entire life writing his six quartets. Haydn heard Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's KV 464, dedicated to him, and said to Father Leopold: 'On my word of honor, your son is the greatest composer I know.' Bartók completed his quartet work not with an exclamation mark, but with a whisper, including a reference to Beethoven's life question: 'Muss es sein?'…