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Beethoven - String Quartet No 15

From the Sage Gateshead, the Belcea Quartet concludes an all-Beethoven concert. Beethoven: String Quartet No 15 in A minor, Op 132.

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.15 in A minor, op.132

Belcea String Quartet.

40 minutes

Last on

Wed 21 Mar 2012 21:20

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Quartet in A minor Op.132 for strings

    Performer: Belcea Quartet

Broadcast

  • Wed 21 Mar 2012 21:20

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