My longtime colleague and dear friend Ari Isaacman-Beck and I are honored beyond words to share with you the finale of our chronological journey through Beethoven’s String Quartets. Tonight’s program features his string quartets Nos. 15 and 16: the heart-stopping, sacred, expansive String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132; and his last quartet, Op. 135, diminutive in comparison and in turns puckish, awe-inspiring, and profound. We’re deeply lucky to be joined by our longtime Boston Beethoven Cycle colleague, Rosemary Nelis, the wonderful violist; and by the incredible violinist Emily Daggett Smith, who is also a Kneisel Hall alumna and whose playing we have adored for the better part of two decades (my first experience playing late Beethoven was with Emily at Greenwood Music Camp, nearly twenty years ago).

It happens, entirely by coincidence, that we’re sharing this last concert just as 2020 begins, just in time to celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday - we’re not unbiased, but it’s undoubtedly the most important holiday of all.

Gwen Krosnick & Ari Isaacman-Beck present:
The Boston Beethoven Cycle at Pucker Gallery
 

Finale: Opp. 132 and 135

Ari Isaacman-Beck & Emily Daggett Smith, violins
Rosemary Nelis, viola
Gwen Krosnick, cello

Program:

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
Emily Daggett Smith & Ari Isaacman-Beck, violins
Rosemary Nelis, viola
Gwen Krosnick, cello

-Intermission-

Anton Webern: Five Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 5
Ari Isaacman-Beck & Emily Daggett Smith, violins
Rosemary Nelis, viola
Gwen Krosnick, cello

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
Ari Isaacman-Beck & Emily Daggett Smith, violins
Rosemary Nelis, viola
Gwen Krosnick, cello

Tickets for the Boston Beethoven Cycle Finale will be available via EventBrite; please check back soon.