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 professional quartets soon came into existence. The first half of the set of six Opus 18 Quartets, performed in the order composed, constitute an arresting beginning to history’s greatest chamber music cycle.

For information about the preceding Inside the Quartets with David Finckel, click here.

PROGRAM

Ludwig van Beethoven(1770–1827)
String Quartet in D major, op. 18, no. 3 (1798–1800)
Ludwig van Beethoven(1770–1827)
String Quartet in F major, op. 18, no. 1 (1798–1800)
Ludwig van Beethoven(1770–1827)
String Quartet in G major, op. 18, no. 2 (1798–1800)

Artist

STRING QUARTET
Sunday 16Jul 2023
  • Beethoven Quartet Cycle I

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

    Tickets: $75 full price; $25 under age thirty

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  • Prelude Performance III*

    1:00 PM
    Spieker Center for the Arts

    Tickets: Free

  • *Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts feature young artists from the Chamber Music Institute. Admission is free. read more