Sunday afternoon marks the completion of the Beethoven Cycle. TheShanghai String Quartet performs Beethoven Cycle Program #6: String Quartet in B Flat Major, Op. 18 #6; Grosse Fuge, Op. 133; and String Quartet in F Major, Op. 135. The performance will be followed by a wine reception to celebrate the completion of the Beethoven Quartet Cycle.
The technical and emotional scope of the Beethoven Cycle makes it the ultimate challenge for a string quartet. Described as challenging, intimate and graceful, and tumultuous, the Cycle includes some of the greatest works in Beethoven’s entire output. “The Beethoven Cycle as a whole provides a cathartic experience for the listener, it takes you through the emotions of a lifetime,” noted Music Mountain artistic director, Oskar Espina-Ruiz. “The Beethoven Cycle has brought some of the largest crowds to Music Mountain so far this summer, garnering three outstanding reviews.”
Renowned for its passionate musicality, impressive technique, and multicultural innovations, the Shanghai Quartet has become one of the world’s foremost chamber ensembles. Its elegant style melds the delicacy of Eastern music with the emotional breadth of Western repertoire, allowing it to traverse musical genres including traditional Chinese folk music, masterpieces of Western music and cutting-edge contemporary works. Formed at the Shanghai Conservatory in 1983, the Quartet has worked with the world’s most distinguished artists and regularly tours the major music centers of Europe, North America, and Asia. The Quartet has a long history of championing new music and juxtaposing traditions of Eastern and Western music.
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