String Quartet No. 16 in F, Op. 135 Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 3 Bela Bartók
Quintet No. 2 in A major for Piano and String, Op. 81 Antonin Dvořák
A Celebration of the String Quartet
Franz Josef Haydn changed the landscape of classical music when he codified the string quartet as a genre starting in about 1757. The range of the instruments from low to high, the ability of the four instruments to whisper or shout, and the almost limitless emotional variety have drawn composers to turn to the string quartet as a vessel for their most inspired work. Centrum Celebrates the String Quartet by presenting three of the finest quartets performing today in their 2023 Chamber Music Series.
