Cuarteto Casals to Perform at W&L’s Lenfest Center The string quartet’s Nov. 8 performance is sponsored by the university’s Concert Guild.

By Emily Innes
October 25, 2024

The Lenfest Center at Washington and Lee University presents the Spanish quartet, Cuarteto Casals, in concert on Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. in the Wilson Concert Hall in the Lenfest Center for the Arts.

The performance is sponsored by W&L’s Concert Guild, which brings professional performing artists to campus each year for concerts and master classes. Tickets are required and available online or in person at the Lenfest Box Office.

The string quartet was founded in 1997 at the Escuela Reina Sofía in Madrid, Spain, and has grown to become one of the most acclaimed chamber ensembles in the world. In their 27 years together, the ensemble has received first prizes at the International String Quartet Competition in London, England, and at the International Johannes Brahms Competition in Hamburg, Germany.

With its distinctive tonal language and brilliance, Cuarteto Casals is integral to many concert and chamber music series in Europe, North America and Asia. The Times of London’s Geoff Brown wrote in a review of a recent concert at Wigmore Hall, “Virile, clean, surging with expression, the Cuarteto Casals’ sound is so arresting that any scientist would be itching to put it under the microscope.”

The Nov. 8 concert will feature Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Quartet in D Major, K. 499 ‘Hoffmeister,” Sofia Gubaidulina’s “Reflections on the Theme B-A-C-H,” and Johannes Brahms’ “Quartet in C Minor, Op. 51, No. 1.”

Order your tickets online today or call the Lenfest Center box office at 540-458-8000 for ticket purchase information. Box office hours are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. The cost is $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and $15 for W&L faculty and staff; students receive free tickets by showing their student identification.

For a full list of this season’s performances, visit the Lenfest Center’s website.

The Lenfest Center for the Arts, home of the Department of Theater, Dance, and Film Studies and the Department of Music and Department of Art and Art History is a multi-use facility designed and equipped to accommodate a broad spectrum of the performing arts, including theater, musical theater, opera and operetta, choral and band music, dance and performance art in one energizing complex.