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Beethoven Cycles: Quartets II
February 7, 2010 5:00 PM
Alice Tully Hall
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Program
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 74, "Harp"
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in G major, Op. 18, No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131
Meet the Artists
Daedalus Quartet, ensemble
About This Performance
Listen to the AudioNotes for the Beethoven cycles now.
The string quartets of Beethoven live at the very heart of chamber music. In six concerts, six ensembles from the Chamber Music Society's family that have emerged among today's most exciting performers present the complete cycle in Alice Tully Hall.
Since 1955, the world's most highly regarded string quartets have traveled to University at Buffalo to present Beethoven's quartets in the precise order that is known as the Slee Cycle. CMS pays homage to this historical tradition by presenting the quartets in the order of the Slee Cycle.
Complementing the quartet cycle are performances of the complete sonatas for violin and piano, and for cello and piano.
Tonight's concert is just one segment of CMS' annual Winter Festival, Beethoven Cycles. Additional events include:
- October 8, 2009 - Beethoven Cycles: Violin Sonatas
- January 30, 2010 - Master Class: David Finckel and Wu Han
- January 31, 2010 - Beethoven Cycles: Cello Sonatas
- February 5, 2010 - Beethoven Cycles: Qartets I
- February 9, 2010 - Beethoven Cycles: Quartets III
- February 10, 2010 - Master Class: Ani Kavafian and Gilbert Kalish
- February 11, 2010 - Beethoven Cycles: Violin Sonatas
- February 19, 2010 - Beethoven Cycles: Quartets IV
- February 21, 2010 - Beethoven Cycles: Quartets V
- February 23, 2010 - Beethoven Cycles: Quartets VI
- May 13, 2010 - Beethoven Cycles: Violin Sonatas
Daedalus Quartet
Listen to selections from music on this program
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 74, "Harp", movement 1, Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in G major, Op. 18, No. 2, movement 1, Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131, movement 2, Allegro molto vivace
This concert is part of subscription series BTH, BTHP, S-2, S-2P, S-4 and S-4P.
photo credit: Steve J. Sherman