Beethoven+ Concert III.

BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95
HANS THOMALLA (b. 1975) - Bagatellen (2015/16)
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59, No. 3

Beethoven’s middle quartets represent the extremes of expansion and compression of form resulting in new kinds of musical expression. His three Razumofsky quartets, Op. 59, presented the world with a bold form of instrumental virtuosity new to the realm of string quartet writing. The classical structures of Haydn and Mozart are expanded and given new life in Op. 59 No. 3, from the ambiguous harmonic soundscape of the introduction recalling Mozart’s Dissonance, to the dazzling fugal finale akin to those found in Haydn’s Sun quartets. In contrast, Beethoven’s Serioso (Op. 95), his shortest and most compact string quartet, strips away all excess to present a potently distilled expression. Hans Thomalla’s Bagatellen carries this distillation of expression to new levels with short explorations of musical gestures, harmonies and melodic patterns.

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