Belcea String Quartet & Ébène String Quartet by Mendelssohn, Enescu, Mie 13 Nov. 2024, De la (2024/2024), Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, Princeton, United States

Two of today’s finest string quartets become even more than the sum of their parts in octets by Felix Mendelssohn and George Enescu as they return to Princeton University Concerts the evening prior to heading to Carnegie Hall. These monumental works—each, incredibly, written by the prodigious composers in their teens—are quintessential representations of the form, showcasing the sonic power and rich, multilayered possibilities of an octet configuration.