Revolutionary Drawing Room: Beethoven's Late String Quartets at Online Event, York on Wednesday 2nd December 2020

Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Revolutionary Drawing Room

Beethoven's Late String Quartets

Add to my Calendar 02-12-2020 19:45 02-12-2020 21:45 36 Revolutionary Drawing Room The Revolutionary Drawing Room performs repertoire of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the age of the great European revolutions, using instruments of a period when political upheavals were matched by changes in styles and tastes both in music and the instruments used.  The ensemble has presented all Beethoven’s quartets in a four-year series at St John’s Smith Square, culminating this October with the composer's late quartets. The opus 130 quartet is played as the composer originally intended – with the mighty Grosse fuge as its final movement.  This was considered so extreme by listeners and performers that Beethoven substituted a lighter movement, the fugue being published separately as opus 133.  In his last major work, the opus 135 quartet, completed just five months before his death, Beethoven returned to a simpler form.  Its final movement is headed ‘The Difficult Decision’, concluding with the phrase ‘It must be’. This concert will be premiered live on our YouTube channel on Wednesday 2 December at 19:45. The performance will also be available to watch on demand afterwards: https://www.youtube.com/c/YorkConcerts/ Online Event, York DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Online Event

York
YO10 5DD
England

Wednesday 2nd December 2020
7:45 PM

Programme

Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet in B flat major (with Grosse Fuge), Op.130
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet in F major, Op.135
Ludwig van Beethoven – Große Fuge, Op.133

Performers

Revolutionary Drawing Room

Programme Note

The Revolutionary Drawing Room performs repertoire of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the age of the great European revolutions, using instruments of a period when political upheavals were matched by changes in styles and tastes both in music and the instruments used. The ensemble has presented all Beethoven’s quartets in a four-year series at St John’s Smith Square, culminating this October with the composer's late quartets.

The opus 130 quartet is played as the composer originally intended – with the mighty Grosse fuge as its final movement. This was considered so extreme by listeners and performers that Beethoven substituted a lighter movement, the fugue being published separately as opus 133. In his last major work, the opus 135 quartet, completed just five months before his death, Beethoven returned to a simpler form. Its final movement is headed ‘The Difficult Decision’, concluding with the phrase ‘It must be’.

This concert will be premiered live on our YouTube channel on Wednesday 2 December at 19:45. The performance will also be available to watch on demand afterwards: https://www.youtube.com/c/YorkConcerts/

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