Artists
- Takács Quartet
- Date
- Wed 17 May 2017, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827
- Razumovsky Op. 59 No. 1
Interval
- Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827
- String Quartet in B flat Op. 130:
- String Quartet in B flat major Op. 130 with Grosse Fuge Op. 133
Overview
In his book Beethoven for a Later Age, the Takács Quartet’s first violinist Edward Dusinberre describesthe power of the Große Fugue and its razor-edgedthemes to ‘threaten and chase me … erodingsanity’.
The monumental composition is performedhere as the finale to the String Quartet in B flat, forwhich it was originally written.
Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2016/17 Wigmore Series