Halcyon Quartet

Chamber music · Boston, MA

Halcyon Quartet

Old music, played as if it were written this morning.

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Sunday, November 22

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA

Haydn, Bartók, Shaw

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Halcyon QuartetBartók: The Six Quartets

New recording · 2026

Bartók: The Six Quartets

1. Quartet No. 1, Op. 7
0:42 / 3:51
  1. 1Quartet No. 1, Op. 7
  2. 2Quartet No. 2, Op. 17
  3. 3Quartet No. 3
  4. 4Quartet No. 4
  5. 5Quartet No. 5
  6. 6Quartet No. 6

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  • Nov22Sun

    Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

    Boston, MAHaydn, Bartók, Shaw

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  • Dec6Sun

    Jordan Hall

    Boston, MAWith Anna Lee, piano

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  • Dec12Sat

    Merkin Hall

    New York, NY

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  • Jan17Sun

    Library of Congress

    Washington, DCFree, tickets required

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  • Feb7Sun

    Herbst Theatre

    San Francisco, CA

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Bartók: Quartet No. 4, second movement

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Founded at New England Conservatory in 2016, the Halcyon Quartet plays Haydn and Bartók alongside music by living composers, most of it written for them. The quartet is in residence at the Gardner Museum and teaches each summer at Kneisel Hall.

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  • Playing of rare refinement and real daring.

    The Morning Ledger

  • A quartet that makes Bartók sound like a conversation between friends.

    Strings Today

  • Simply one of the finest quartets in America.

    Back Bay Review

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