Artists
- Takács Quartet
- Date
- Fri 03 Feb 2017, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827
- String Quartet in G Op. 18 No. 2
- Serioso Op. 95
Interval
- Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827
- String Quartet in B flat Op. 130
Overview
Beethoven originally created a fugal finale forthe String Quartet in B flat Op. 130 beforedeveloping it separately as his ‘Great Fugue’.The revised quartet deals in what Vincentd’Indy famously described as ‘open war …between careless merriment and seriousthought’.
It is prefaced here by the intenseconcentration of Op. 95 and the gracefulelegance of Op. 18 No. 2.