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Juilliard String Quartet
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Beethoven and Jörg Widmann
Juilliard String Quartet
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Date
Mon 20 Jan 2025, 1.00pm
Tickets
£18 (concessions £16)
Duration

This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval

Availability

Ticket bookings are subject to a £4.00 booking fee. This fee covers the whole booking and is not per ticket

Artists

  • Juilliard String Quartet

    Programme

    1. Commissioned by the Juilliard String Quartet, the Juilliard School of Music and the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music, supported by Walter Swap together with the commissioners Green Music Center at Sonoma State University, Meany Center for the Performing Arts, Chamber Music Society In Napa Valley and the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam

    Overview

    With its enigmatic changes of mood, Beethoven’s late String Quartet in B flat stands among the great peaks of musical Romanticism. Jörg Widmann’s Eighth Quartet, completed in 2020, pays tribute to Beethoven in a movement based on the charming ‘German dance’ from Op. 130.

    Booking Information

    Priority Booking for this concert will open to Friends of Wigmore Hall from Wednesday 18 September at 10.00am. For a full breakdown of booking dates, please visit our Priority Booking page.

    General sale for this concert will open at 10.00am on Tuesday 1 October.

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