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Beethoven: String Quartets Nos 1 and 9

The Belcea Quartet gives an all-Beethoven concert at The Sage Gateshead. Beethoven: String Quartet No 1 in F, Op 18; String Quartet No 9 in C, Op 59.

Live from the Sage Gateshead

The Belcea Quartet continue their cycle of Beethoven's Quartets with his first, his ninth and the fifteenth - which Beethoven called his "Holy song of thanks", written as it was amidst the composer's failing health.

Beethoven: Quartet no.1 in F, op.18/1
Beethoven: Quartet no.9 in C, op.59/3

Belcea String Quartet.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 21 Mar 2012 20:00

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Quartet in F major Op.18`1 for strings

    Performer: Belcea Quartet

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Quartet in C major Op.59`3 (Rasumovsky) for strings

    Performer: Belcea Quartet

Broadcast

  • Wed 21 Mar 2012 20:00

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