Eric Richmond

Endellion String Quartet, 'Resident Quartet', University of Cambridge 40th Season

Wed 30 January 2019

West Road Concert Hall

Wednesday 30 January 2019

HAYDN String Quartet in F minor Op.20 No.5 (‘Sun’)
TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet No.1 Op.11
BEETHOVEN String Quartet Op.59 No.3 (‘Razumovsky’)

Like Beethoven, Tchaikovsky was a great symphonist and an equally great quartet writer. The small forces of the string quartet never seem to hamper Tchaikovsky’s capacity for sumptuous harmonies and textures. The slow movement of this piece has become justly famous and is transcribed for orchestra and other instrumental combinations. Haydn’s profound and searching Op.20 No.5 ends in a fugue as does Beethoven’s famous C major quartet … and what different fugues they are!

Cost: Tickets: £28, £26 (65+), £14 (reg. disabled), £6 (students and under 16s). HALF PRICE tickets (standard or 65+ only) available for restricted view seats.