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When

Occurs on Wednesday July 19 2023

Approximate running time: 2 hours

Venue

Stent Family Hall, Menlo School
50 Valparaiso Avenue
Atherton CA 94027

Event Notes

× Beethoven’s first string quartets fired a warning shot across the bow of the ship previously commanded by Haydn and Mozart. Finishing the customary set of six in the opus, Beethoven delivered a body of quartets like nothing heard before: more daring, dramatic, and virtuosic. Amateur aristocrats realized these quartets were beyond their abilities, and by necessity, professional quartets soon came into existence. The year 1800 was a game-changing moment for the string quartet, and the Opus 18 Quartets, performed in the order composed, constitute an arresting beginning to history’s greatest chamber music cycle.

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
String Quartet in A major, op. 18, no. 5 (1798-1800)
Allegro
Menuetto
Andante cantabile
Allegro

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
String Quartet in C minor, op. 18, no. 4 (1798-1800)
Allegro ma non tanto
Scherzo: Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto
Menuetto: Allegretto
Allegro

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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 18, no. 6 (1798-1800)
Allegro con brio
Adagio ma non troppo
Scherzo: Allegro
La Malinconia: Adagio - Allegretto quasi allegro

Calidore String Quartet: Jeffrey Myers, Ryan Meehan, violins; Jeremy Berry, viola; Estelle Choi, cello

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