Celebrate Women’s History Month with an electrifying CMM debut from one of today’s most exciting string quartets. The Chiaroscuro Quartet, which takes their name from the painting technique that plays with extremes of light and darkness, performs on gut strings with historical bows. Gramophone calls their sound “a trailblazer for the authentic performance of High Classical chamber music.” The Strad writes that “…the Chiaroscuro produces a sound of ravishing sonic and intonational purity…” Their program spans a vast emotional arc: from Bach’s intellectual majesty, to Haydn’s brilliant wit in the “Joke” Quartet, to the volcanic power of Beethoven’s late Op. 132, one of the most deeply personal works he ever wrote.