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Fauré Piano Quartets at Segerstrom Concert Hall

Start Date: October 11, 2025
End Date: October 11, 2025
Start Time: 8:00 PM

Location:
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 600 Town Center Dr., Costa Mesa, CA

2025-10-11 2025-10-11 America/Los_Angeles Fauré Piano Quartets at Segerstrom Concert Hall James Ehnes, violin Jonathan Vinocour, viola Raphael Bell, cello Inon Barnatan, piano Pre-concert lecture at 7pm FAURÉ: Piano Quartet No. 1 in c minor, Op. 15 FAURÉ: Piano Quartet No. 2 in g minor, Op. 45 Ehnes is joined by pianist Inon Barnatan, violist Jonathan Vinocour, and cellist Raphael Bell for a program of Fauré’s two piano quartets. Gabriel Fauré’s youthful first piano quartet, full of intoxicating melodies, is paired with his strikingly individual, impassioned second quartet. Among his best-known chamber works, Fauré’s piano quartets are exquisitely crafted and ideal vehicles for these four superb artists and musical soulmates. “The wondrous James Ehnes [is] a thinker of the violin as well as a supreme virtuoso of the instrument…an artist of the first order.” (The Daily Telegraph) Inon Barnatan is admired for his “superior playing, in which penetrating musicianship, compelling interpretive insight, and elegant pianism achieve near perfect equilibrium.” (BBC Music) Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Event Description

James Ehnes, violin
Jonathan Vinocour, viola
Raphael Bell, cello
Inon Barnatan, piano

Pre-concert lecture at 7pm

FAURÉ: Piano Quartet No. 1 in c minor, Op. 15
FAURÉ: Piano Quartet No. 2 in g minor, Op. 45

Ehnes is joined by pianist Inon Barnatan, violist Jonathan Vinocour, and cellist Raphael Bell for a program of Fauré’s two piano quartets. Gabriel Fauré’s youthful first piano quartet, full of intoxicating melodies, is paired with his strikingly individual, impassioned second quartet. Among his best-known chamber works, Fauré’s piano quartets are exquisitely crafted and ideal vehicles for these four superb artists and musical soulmates.

“The wondrous James Ehnes [is] a thinker of the violin as well as a supreme virtuoso of the instrument…an artist of the first order.” (The Daily Telegraph) Inon Barnatan is admired for his “superior playing, in which penetrating musicianship, compelling interpretive insight, and elegant pianism achieve near perfect equilibrium.” (BBC Music)