Back to ListDaedalus Quartet 16-17 Repertoire:
Trilogy
In a world of quickly shifting attention, we are excited to focus on a single composer in each ‘Trilogy’ program, offering audiences the opportunity to savor the unique qualities of each artistic voice.
Trilogy 1: ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann’s quartets were given as a birthday present to his beloved wife and pianist Clara whose key, C major, is the unifying link of this harmonically conceived cycle.
String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 41, No. 1 (1842)
String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 41, No. 2 (1842)
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String Quartet No. 3 in A major, Op. 41, No. 3 (1842)
Trilogy 2: LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
With the ‘Razumovsky’ Quartets, Beethoven makes a leap into uncharted territory, ‘symphonizing’ the quartet and expanding the genre to epic proportions, all the while expressing the whole range of human experience.
String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59, No. 1 (1806)
String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2 (1806)
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String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59, No. 3 (1806)
Trilogy 3: FRED LERDAHL
Fred Lerdahl’s evocative quartet cycle, envisioned as a three-part whole, takes listeners on a journey through vivid dreamscapes.
First String Quartet (1978)
Second String Quartet (1982, rev. 2008)
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Third String Quartet (2008) *Daedalus commission
Love Triangle
Three very different musical approaches to the difficulties of romantic love.
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18, No. 1 (1798-1800)
Leoš Janáček: String Quartet No. 1 “The Kreutzer Sonata” (1923)
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Alban Berg: Lyric Suite (1925-26)
---OR Arnold Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (1899) – with guest violist and cellist
Additional works offered:
Béla Bartók: String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85 (1927)
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 (1826)
Johannes Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat major, Op. 67 (1875)
Henri Dutilleux: Ainsi la Nuit (1973-76) – commemorating the composer’s centennial
Fred Lerdahl: Bagatelles (2016) (estimated length: 15 minutes)
Mieczysław Weinberg: String Quartet No. 6, Op. 35 (1946)