Haydn – Zemlinsky – Beethoven - Schedule, Program & Tickets

Joseph Haydn is considered the founder of the classical string quartet. Alexander von Zemlinsky has further developed it in the Brahms succession and as a pioneer of his brother-in-law and pupil Arnold Schönberg. But completely different standards set Beethoven. His late work Opus 130 is one of the absolute highlights of the quartet literature and still elicits joy, surprised astonishment and sometimes speechlessness. The Steude Quartet will complete this massive work with the Great Fugue, which was originally intended as a final movement. Just because it was considered so difficult to play, Beethoven's publishers insisted that they be titled as an independent work.

Program:

Joseph Haydn: String Quartet No. 5 in F major "Serenades Quartet" op. 3
Alexander von Zemlinsky: 2 movements for string quartet 1927
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in B flat major op. 130
Ludwig van Beethoven: Great Fugue in B flat op. 133

Violin: Volkhard Steude
Violin: Holger Groh
Viola: Elmar Landerer
Violoncello: Wolfgang Härtl

Subject to change.