© Guido Werner Mandelring Quartet: »Späte Werke« at Philharmonie Berlin
Berlin, Philharmonie Berlin — Kammermusiksaal
About the Event
In Ludwig van Beethoven's case, his aura is enhanced by the fact that he devoted himself exclusively to the string quartet genre at the end of his life. And that his last quartets opened the door to modernity. Beethoven himself considered Opus 131, his penultimate quartet, to be his best. The seven movements follow one another without pause. Written in the key of the Moonlight Sonata, the work traverses an entire world, from the melancholic fugue at the beginning to the stormy finale.
Following Beethoven's example, Dmitri Shostakovich also sought new forms in his late quartets. The last one, written by the seriously ill composer in the year before his death, consists exclusively of slow movements that flow into one another. It tells of grief, despair, rebellion, and resignation in whispers, lamentations, and cries—a moving farewell to the world.
Program
- Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich – 15. Streichquartett es‐Moll op. 144
- Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet no. 14 in C sharp minor, op. 131
Artists
| Quartet: | Mandelring Quartett |
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Address
Philharmonie Berlin, Herbert‐von‐Karajan‐Str. 1, Berlin, Germany — Google Maps
