Beethoven Quartet Cycle

The Calidore String Quartet performs the complete cycle of Beethoven’s string quartets. One hour before each of the performances, join Co-Artistic Director David Finckel for Inside the Quartets.

  • The Late Quartets, op. 131 & 135

    Beethoven Quartet Cycle VI   The Late Quartets, op. 131 & 135

    The final chapter of the Beethoven Quartet cycle is its most consequential, summing up the composer as no other program could. In the seven-movement op. 131, we experience the culmination ...

    Thursday, August 3, 2023

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  • The Late Quartets, op. 130 & 132

    Beethoven Quartet Cycle V   The Late Quartets, op. 130 & 132

    This performance presents two mammoth works that share a mysterious motivic link of four notes. In a single concert, two of Beethoven’s most unique creations are heard: his futuristic Grosse ...

    Saturday, July 29, 2023

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  • Post-Heroic Beethoven

    Beethoven Quartet Cycle IV   Post-Heroic Beethoven

    Napoleon Bonaparte’s 1809 bombardment of Vienna heralded a change in Beethoven’s personal life, and not for the better. Beset by increasing deafness and other health issues, his misfortunes would soon ...

    Wednesday, July 26, 2023

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  • The <em>Razumovsky</em> Quartets

    Beethoven Quartet Cycle III   The Razumovsky Quartets

    Beethoven’s three Razumovsky quartets were composed for the Russian ambassador to Vienna. These works moved the genre to a new level, testing the virtuosity and stamina of any string quartet. ...

    Saturday, July 22, 2023

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  • The Early Quartets: op. 18, no. 4, 5, 6

    Beethoven Quartet Cycle II   The Early Quartets: op. 18, no. 4, 5, 6

    With his first string quartets, Beethoven delivered a body of music like nothing heard before: more daring, dramatic, and virtuosic. Amateur aristocrats realized these quartets were beyond their abilities, and ...

    Wednesday, July 19, 2023

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  • The Early Quartets: op. 18, no. 1, 2, 3

    Beethoven Quartet Cycle I   The Early Quartets: op. 18, no. 1, 2, 3

    With his first string quartets, Beethoven delivered a body of music like nothing heard before: more daring, dramatic, and virtuosic. Amateur aristocrats realized these quartets were beyond their abilities, and ...

    Sunday, July 16, 2023

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