Berliner Philharmoniker EnsemblesPhilharmonic String Quartet with Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms
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Dramatic, passionate, plaintive – works in C minor have a character all their own. Franz Schubert wrote his C minor string quartet movement, which oscillates between turmoil and contemplation, in December 1820. Johannes Brahms spent almost 20 years refining his darkly defiant Op. 51 No. 1. Both stand in the shadow of Beethoven: his Quartet, Op. 59 No. 1, may be cast in the brighter sound world of F major, yet its musical density and expressive force already anticipate Romanticism. In the exhilarating finale, Beethoven draws on a popular Russian theme in homage to Prince Razumovsky, who commissioned the work.
Artists
Philharmonisches Streichquartett:
Dorian Xhoxhi violin
Helena Madoka Berg violin
Christoph Heesch cello
Takehiro Konoe viola
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in F major, op. 59 No. 1 “Razumovsky”
Interval
Franz Schubert
String Quartet Movement in C minor, D 703
Johannes Brahms
String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, op. 51 No. 1
Additional information
Duration ca. 1 hour and 45 minutes (incl. 20 minutes interval)
Dates and tickets
Chamber Music Hall
12 to 32 €
Introduction
19:15
Series Q: Ensembles of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Background
In the shadow of a titan
Beethoven and his successors
For the composers who followed him, Ludwig van Beethoven was both an inspiration and a challenge. How could anyone dare to measure themselves against a man who had left behind such consummate symphonies, string quartets and piano sonatas? Our series Berliner Philharmoniker Ensembles explores this uneasy relationship between role model and successors.
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