There’s truly nothing like a great string quartet, and this series presents four of today’s most exemplary ensembles in Carnegie Hall’s most intimate venue. The Chiaroscuro Quartet performs masterworks by Mozart and Schubert with striking clarity on gut strings and with historical bows. The Pavel Haas Quartet—“the world’s most exciting string quartet” (London’s The Times)—performs a stirring all-Czech program. The Grammy Award–winning Parker Quartet showcases its great versatility in works by Brahms, Zemlinsky, and Thomas Adès. England’s esteemed Doric String Quartet performs significant works by Haydn and Beethoven along with Berg’s visceral Lyric Suite.