Artists
- Belcea Quartet
- Nicolas Boneviola
- Antonio Menesescello
Archived Event
Beethoven, Brahms and Schoenberg
Belcea Quartet; Nicolas Bone viola; Antonio Meneses cello
- Date
- Sat 09 May 2015, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827
- String Trio in C minor Op. 9 No. 3
- Johannes Brahms1833-1897
- String Quartet in B flat Op. 67
Interval
- Arnold Schoenberg1874-1951
- Verklärte Nacht Op. 4
Overview
Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht arose under the influence of Wagner’s richly chromatic music and absorbed ideas about the human psyche and sexuality current in the Vienna of Sigmund Freud and Arthur Schnitzler.
The sextet’s surging Romanticism is prefaced with Beethoven’s visionary C minor String Trio, truly a musical treasure of old Vienna, and Brahms’s String Quartet in B flat Op. 67, a work suggestive of summer days, folk music and the contemplation of nature.