Hagen Quartet

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Image courtesy of Müller and Pavlik Artistic Management.

Can the history of a musical form be summarized in a single evening? The Hagen Quartet makes a valiant attempt to do so with a program tracing a journey through the history of the string quartet format.

The quartet’s formal and harmonic magnificence serves as a link between the end of Classicism and the dawn of a modernity that was already pointing to the twentieth century.  From the works of “Papa Haydn” (as Mozart dubbed him) to the challenges of harmony and rhythm posed by the compositions of Béla Bartók, this concert also includes Beethoven’s famous Quartet No 13. The program culminates in the emblematic Grand Fugue, which at first no publisher was keen to publish—a piece revealing Beethoven’s free spirit and rebellious approach to music.

Program

• Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet No. 60 in G major, Op. 76 No. 1 (1797-1798) 19′
• Béla Bartók: String Quartet No. 3, Sz 85 (1927) 15′
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130 (1825; rev. 1825-1826) 42′

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