Artists
- Belcea Quartet
- Date
- Fri 20 Dec 2019, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827
- String Quartet in B flat Op. 18 No. 6
Interval
- Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827
- String Quartet in A minor Op. 132
Overview
The Belcea takes a work fromBeethoven’s earliest set ofquartets and one of his late group.Op. 18 No. 6 (1798-1800) endswith a movement entitled ‘LaMalinconia’ (Melancholy), whichBeethoven requested should beplayed ‘with the greatest possibledelicacy’, while Op. 132 (1825)includes the famous ‘Holy Song ofThanksgiving of a Convalescent tothe Deity’.
Our Beethoven Celebration has been made possible thanks to a lead gift from André and Rosalie Hoffmann, the Foyle Foundation, and additional support from the Beethoven Circle