Chamber Music Cincinnati,
Chamber Music Cincinnati,
Tue, September 24, 2024
7:30 PM
$25.00 - $40.00
Chamber Music Cincinnati: Takacs Quartet
Their sound draws you in from the first moment.- Gramophone
The Takacs Quartet is both a Gramophone and Grammy winner and the first ensemble named to the Gramophone Hall of Fame. It is one of five legendary groups remaining active among the “Greatest String Quartets of All Time,” chosen in January 2022 by the BBC Classical Music Magazine, the largest circulation publication dedicated to the genre. It said in a review later that year, “…you will not hear better string quartet playing anywhere in the world today.” These accolades followed the Takacs being hailed by the New York Times as “one of the world’s greatest string quartets.”
That the Takacs reached this peak was not no surprise to many classical music lovers. Founded in 1975 at Budapest’s Franz Liszt Academy, they enraptured audiences almost from the start. By 1981, the quartet had won five major European competitions. They made their U.S. debut the following year and in 1983 became resident at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Their 2020 recording with Garrick Ohlsson of the Beach and Elgar quintets won a Gramophone Award.
Program
- Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20 “Sun,” No. 2 (1772, 19:30)
- Leos Janacek (1854-1928), String Quartet No. 1, “Kreutzer Sonata” (1923, 18:00)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59 “Razumovsky,” No.1 (1806, 39:00)
The program contains groundbreaking quartets by Haydn and Beethoven. Haydn’s Op. 20 is from at set of six titled “Sun” in which Haydn established the string quartet form that held for 200 years.
Beethoven’s Op. 59, No. 1 is from a set of three that broke the mold that Haydn created. It was the beginning of his “middle period” and the start of a unmatched creative evolution that ended with the greatest quartets ever written.
Janacek’s “Kreutzer” Quartet was inspired by Leo Tolstoy’s novella, The Kreutzer Sonata, which was named for Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 9, dedicated by the composer to violinist Rudloph Kreutzer a falling out with the original dedicatee, violinist George Bridgetower.
Chamber Music Cincinnati: Takacs Quartet
Their sound draws you in from the first moment.- Gramophone
The Takacs Quartet is both a Gramophone and Grammy winner and the first ensemble named to the Gramophone Hall of Fame. It is one of five legendary groups remaining active among the “Greatest String Quartets of All Time,” chosen in January 2022 by the BBC Classical Music Magazine, the largest circulation publication dedicated to the genre. It said in a review later that year, “…you will not hear better string quartet playing anywhere in the world today.” These accolades followed the Takacs being hailed by the New York Times as “one of the world’s greatest string quartets.”
That the Takacs reached this peak was not no surprise to many classical music lovers. Founded in 1975 at Budapest’s Franz Liszt Academy, they enraptured audiences almost from the start. By 1981, the quartet had won five major European competitions. They made their U.S. debut the following year and in 1983 became resident at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Their 2020 recording with Garrick Ohlsson of the Beach and Elgar quintets won a Gramophone Award.
Program
- Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20 “Sun,” No. 2 (1772, 19:30)
- Leos Janacek (1854-1928), String Quartet No. 1, “Kreutzer Sonata” (1923, 18:00)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59 “Razumovsky,” No.1 (1806, 39:00)
The program contains groundbreaking quartets by Haydn and Beethoven. Haydn’s Op. 20 is from at set of six titled “Sun” in which Haydn established the string quartet form that held for 200 years.
Beethoven’s Op. 59, No. 1 is from a set of three that broke the mold that Haydn created. It was the beginning of his “middle period” and the start of a unmatched creative evolution that ended with the greatest quartets ever written.
Janacek’s “Kreutzer” Quartet was inspired by Leo Tolstoy’s novella, The Kreutzer Sonata, which was named for Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 9, dedicated by the composer to violinist Rudloph Kreutzer a falling out with the original dedicatee, violinist George Bridgetower.
