Music Mountain #14, recorded 8/30/09
Series: Music Mountain 2009 Chamber Music Concerts
From: Music Mountain
Length: 01:56:00
- Playing
- Music Mountain #14, recorded 8/30/09
- From
- Music Mountain
String Quartet In E Flat Major Opus 74, Ludwig Van Beethoven
-Poco Adagio; Allegro
-Adagio, ma non troppo
-Presto
-Allegretto con variazioni
String Quartet # 2, Opus 10 Zoltan Kodaly
-Allegro
-Andante
-Allegro Giocoso
INTERMISSION
Piano Quartet In E Flat Major, Opus 47; Robert Schumann
-Sostenuto assai; Allegro ma non troppo
-Scherzo: Molto vivace
-Andante cantabile
-Finale: Vivace
Historic Encore:
String Quartet in B flat major, opus 67; Brahms; played by the Ludwig String Quartet
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Related Pieces
Piece Description
String Quartet In E Flat Major Opus 74, Ludwig Van Beethoven
-Poco Adagio; Allegro
-Adagio, ma non troppo
-Presto
-Allegretto con variazioni
String Quartet # 2, Opus 10 Zoltan Kodaly
-Allegro
-Andante
-Allegro Giocoso
INTERMISSION
Piano Quartet In E Flat Major, Opus 47; Robert Schumann
-Sostenuto assai; Allegro ma non troppo
-Scherzo: Molto vivace
-Andante cantabile
-Finale: Vivace
Historic Encore:
String Quartet in B flat major, opus 67; Brahms; played by the Ludwig String Quartet
Transcript
PROGRAM NOTES
STRING QUARTET IN E FLAT MAJOR, OPUS 74 HARP
By Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Beethoven completed the E Flat Major Quartet in the autumn of 1809, as well as the Emperor Concerto, during a stay at Baden near Vienna. Although the work does not push forward into new and unexplored regions like most of Beethoven’s previous quartets, it demonstrates a consolidation of previous accomplishments in quartet writing.
The subtitle Harp was not Beethoven’s but was added later. It refers to the pizzicato accompaniment figures in the first movement, considered of minor musical importance, although quite probably shocking to listeners in the early 1800s. The Quartet was given its first performance at the home of Beethoven’s patron and friend, Prince von Lobkowitz in the fall of 1809. It was published in 1810.
The first performance of the E Flat Major Quartet at Music Mountain wa...
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Timing and Cues
Intro, Outro, and all introductions to pieces are self-contained. Timing sheet is available for download below.
Additional Files
- Timing for Music Mountain #14, 8-30-09 (MMTN_timing_8-30-09.pdf)
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