Carnegie Hall

Fifty years since its founding, the Takács Quartet continues to thrill as “one of the world’s greatest string quartets” (The New York Times). The group approaches both ambitious new works and core, historic repertoire with equal insight and fervor—and this program showcases both sides of that artistry. Haydn’s “Rider” Quartet is an energetic, virtuosic crowd-pleaser from the “father of the string quartet,” while Debussy’s String Quartet—the composer’s sole contribution to the form—is a rich, colorfully orchestrated wonder with endless depth to reveal. Between these masterpieces, audiences discover a New York premiere by genre-spanning composer Clarice Assad, an internationally celebrated voice from Brazil’s legendary Assad musical family.