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Goethe-Institut: Beethoven+ Concert 2 | Boston

  • Goethe-Institut USA | Boston 170 North Beacon Street Boston, MA, 02135 United States (map)

Beethoven+ Concert 2

BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18, No. 3
PETER RUZICKA (b. 1948) String Quartet No. 1: Introspezione. Dokumentation (1970)
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135

Framed by Beethoven’s earliest completed string quartet and the last major work of his compositional career, this program presents a unique opportunity to witness the development of Beethoven’s musical language. Peter Ruzicka’s Introspezione, a “documentation of mental states during a controlled psychedelic experience” (to quote the score’s preface), offers a hallucinogenic trip through time and space with memories of string quartets by Pfitzner, Webern, as well as Beethoven’s Op. 135 floating through the soundscape.

Tickets go on sale Nov 20, 2025