Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Beethoven Quartet Cycle IV Tickets

The string quartet was one of the most storied genres in Classical Vienna. Haydn had popularized quartets and set a very high standard for quartet writing, and Mozart dedicated six of his most creative quartets to Haydn. Picking up where Haydn and Mozart left off, Beethoven expanded what was possible in music and elevated the role of the composer to new, heroic heights. As confident as he was in himself, even he couldn’t have imagined how famous and influential he would become.

• Ludwig van Beethoven - Quartet in E-flat major for Strings, Op. 74, “Harp” (1809)
• Ludwig van Beethoven - Quartet in F minor for Strings, Op. 95, “Serioso” (1810–11)
• Ludwig van Beethoven - Quartet in E-flat major for Strings, Op. 127 (1824–25)

Calidore String Quartet (Jeffrey Myers, Ryan Meehan, violin; Jeremy Berry, viola; Estelle Choi, cello)