Shanghai Quartet
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
7:30 PM
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95, “Serioso”
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No.12 in E-flat Major, Op. 127
The Shanghai Quartet brings its perspective to nearly a third of Beethoven’s quartets in a pair of concerts surveying Beethoven’s output from early to late—including the notorious “Grosse Fuge,” the original ending to the Op. 130 quartet, which the composer’s publisher deemed too avant-garde for the time and demanded be replaced.